PTI welcomes court decision on Imran arrest.

ISLAMABAD -- Soon after the Supreme Court declared the dramatic arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan in a graft case illegal, the opposition Pakistan Tehreek: e: Insaf (PTI) welcomed the decision of the apex court saying that it would announce its next plan of action after consulting with the senior leadership.

The party of former prime minister Khan through its official Twitter account said that it believed in peaceful political struggle. It further hoped that all institutions concerned would take care of the security of PTI Chairman Khan while implementing the order of the SC. The PTI workers and supporters who had been holding violent protests countrywide for the last three days started jubilations and distributed sweets among one another soon after new channels broke the news about the apex court decision. Imran Khan, while he was in the courtroom, in an appeal to his supporters asked to remain peaceful as no harm should be brought to the country.

'We only want elections in the country,' he added. Chief of Staff to Chairman PTI Senator Shibli Faraz in a statement while...

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