Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been arrested during a court appearance in capital Islamabad.

Fawad Chaudhry of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party confirmed the arrest in a tweet on Tuesday.

Chaudhry tweeted that the Islamabad High Court complex has been “occupied” by the Pakistani Rangers paramilitary and that lawyers were “being subjected to torture”.

https://twitter.com/fawadchaudhry/status/1655872171988881413

Video footage on local media showed Khan being escorted to a Rangers vehicle.

In a tweet, PTI said the Rangers have “abducted” Khan.

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“Pakistan’s brave people must come out and defend their country,” the party posted.