6 additional ‘terrorists’ trying to flee Imran Khan’s Zaman Park residence held: Pak’s Punjab Police

By Hamza Ameer: Pakistan’s Punjab Police has claimed to have arrested six additional suspected terrorists, who’ve been trying to flee from the Zaman Park residence of former PM Imran Khan. Police said the arrested terrorists have been wished throughout the core commander house vandalism and assault case.

With these arrests, the tally of people arrested has reached 14. A whole lot of Punjab police personnel on Thursday surrounded the house of Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan in Lahore and will launch a security operation any time on Friday to arrest the “terrorists” allegedly holed up in his residence because the federal authorities’s 24-hour deadline helpful them over expired.

The caretaker Punjab authorities says the police movement at Khan’s Zaman Park residence is predicted any time shortly as a result of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief has failed to satisfy the deadline helpful over the terrorists.

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Senior police officer Hasan Bhatti on Thursday claimed that they arrested eight people from the Zaman Park house who’re suspected to be involved throughout the assaults on the army installations on May 9.

Khan’s event disputed the declare, saying the police launched a bunch of arrested folks to Zaman Park to indicate that that they’d been taken into custody outside their chief’s residence.

The legislation enforcement officers armed with heavy gear have taken positions near Zaman Park. Police have moreover blocked all roads leading to Khan’s residence by erecting boundaries. Jammers have been positioned throughout the house.

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Citing sources, Geo News reported that the Inspector General (IG) of Punjab police and the capital metropolis legislation enforcement officers have requested the police to remain “vigilant”.

On Wednesday, Punjab’s caretaker Information minister Amir Mir claimed that some “30 to 40” terrorists have been hiding inside Khan’s Zaman Park residence and gave an ultimatum of 24 hours to the chief helpful them over or face stern movement.

The minister said on Thursday that as a result of the deadline expired the police would possibly raid Zaman Park to arrest the terrorists, along with Khan’s nephew Hassan Niazi, who’s reportedly hiding there.

Khan, within the meantime, requested the federal authorities to ship the police crew with search warrants because it won’t object to it.

(With PTI inputs)