"As soon as he leaves, thousands of workers come out with him. The lawyer said Khan has to appear before the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday. Khan's lawyer Sardar Masroof Khan appeared before the court. Established in 1974, the Toshakhana is a department under the administrative control of the Cabinet Division and stores precious gifts given to rulers, parliamentarians, bureaucrats, and officials by heads of other governments and states and foreign dignitaries. The terrorism case was lodged against the PTI chief in October last year at Islamabad's Sangjani police station after PTI workers held protests and demonstrations outside ECP offices across the country after it disqualified Khan in the Toshakhana case. Earlier, an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Islamabad on Tuesday reserved the decision on ousted premier Khan's plea for an exemption from hearing in a case registered against him under the provisions of terrorism. Khan informed Justice Sheikh that the Punjab government violated his (judge) order and "attacked my house in Lahore as my wife was alone who got frightened during the police attack." Khan requested the court to order the police on his plea to register a case against Punjab caretaker chief minister Mohsin Naqvi and the Inspector General Police for violating the LHC's order restraining police action at his Zaman Park residence. The PTI chief also appeared before LHC's Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh in a petition seeking details of all the cases registered against him in Punjab province. Khan appeared before the LHC in two terrorism cases registered against him by the Islamabad police after intense clashes erupted outside the Islamabad Judicial Complex on Saturday when he arrived in the capital from Lahore to attend the hearing in the Toshakhana case. Police said the arrested PTI workers were wanted in the recent incidents of violence in Lahore and Islamabad. The Punjab and Islamabad police have arrested over 500 PTI workers from different parts of the province. The PTI appears to have changed its strategy on Tuesday regarding sending a huge number of its workers along with the party chairman to the LHC apparently after the law enforcement agencies intensified crackdown on them. Unlike his recent appearances in courts, Khan on Tuesday was not accomapained by party workers to the LHC from his Zaman Park residence here. The number of cases registered against the PTI chief in the last 11 months of the PMLN-led government has swelled to around 100. Khan, 70, said he has no issue to appear in any case but during his appearance in court the government should make sure no chaos is created.
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