CM Punjab Naqvi gives free-hand to police to deal with PTI’s trouble-makers
LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: The caretaker chief minister of Punjab Mohsin Naqvi said the government has given a free-hand to the police to deal with the vandalism of the PTI supporters.
He said that the police officials are not supposed to face torture, petrol bomb attacks, and baton charge while maintaining law and order in the province.
Naqvi also formed a JIT to probe the chaotic situation at the Zaman Park residence of Imran Khan when police raided it on Saturday.
He said, “If a police vehicle is thrown into the canal or set on fire, the writ of the state does not exist, but now the writ of government will be maintained and the hands moving towards the police will be broken.”
Mohsin Naqvi also said that whatever happened during the Zaman Park operation was not done by political workers and “everyone knows who they were”.
Meanwhile, Lahore police may conduct another operation at the Zaman Park residence of PTI chairman Imran Khan.
Police is also expected to carry out operation in areas adjoining the Zaman Park residence of former prime minister. The operation will be carried out ahead of the PTI rally on Wednesday in Lahore.
PTI chairman Imran Khan said his party will hold a mammoth rally at Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore to show its strength and voice concern against government and police brutalities.
Lahore police took this action at a time when PTI chairman Imran Khan is on his way to Islamabad to appear in the trial court in the Toshakhana case. The former PM is set to appear in the court before 5 pm on Saturday, as per the order of the Islamabad High Court.
On Friday, the IHC suspended non-bailable arrest warrants for Imran Khan for one day (Till Saturday 5 pm) to allow Khan to appear in the country.
The IHC gave this order a day after the trial court judge Zafar Iqbal upheld the arrest warrants of Imran Khan and rejected Khan’s plea to dismiss his non-bailable arrest warrant.
Meanwhile, police have rounded up over PTI 20 workers who put up resistance against the police action.
According to police, the raid was conducted to clear the PTI camps established near the residence of Imran Khan.
