Imran vows to prove May 9 was not PTI handiwork.

LAHORE -- Former prime minister Imran Khan has said he now believes that government buildings and army installations were set on fire in the wake of his arrest as part of a planned conspiracy to undermine his party as he demands an independent inquiry into the rioting.

'We have video evidence that terrorists were used to provoke people after my arrest,' Imran said in a video message that was posted on his Twitter account on Monday night. 'I want an independent inquiry into the incidents [of rioting and vandalism],' he said.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief said no judge gives a verdict without hearing the versions of both the parties but lamented that all the electronic media is right now presenting a one-sided narrative.

He said the ruling mafia took advantage of the public reaction to his arrest and now it is holding the PTI responsible for all the vandalism and rioting that took place in its wake.

Imran asked how could a party which has in its 27-year history never resorted to violence and which did not turn violent even after an assassination attempt on its chairman do such acts of vandalism.

'God willing, we will prove in case of an independent inquiry that some other people did all that mischief and not the PTI. We have videos to prove this,' he said.

'This is a plan, the London Plan to ban the PTI and throw Imran Khan in jail. Harass their people and scare them so that no one leaves their house.

'But whoever is doing it, you don't know anything about history or politics. Neither do you know what happened in East Pakistan ... I remember it ... the same efforts were made and the country was broken into two ... today, the most dangerous efforts are being made,' he said.

Imran Khan was arrested from the premises of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on May 9 on the order of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) which is carrying out an investigation into a corruption scandal-the Al-Qadir Trust case-that also involves his wife, Bushra, as well as some other PTI leaders.

After his arrests, violent protests broke out across the country with people in some areas setting fire to state properties including military installations and residence of army personnel.

The former premier was released on the order of the Supreme Court on May 11 which declared the arrest illegal. He was later also granted bail in a number of cases, including in the Al-Qadir Trust case.

However, a crackdown against the PTI workers and supporters continues with...