Hand over ’30 to 40 terrorists’ hiding in your individual dwelling by Thursday noon: Govt’s ultimatum to Imran Khan

By Hamza Ameer: The interim authorities in Pakistan’s Punjab province has demanded that former prime minister Imran Khan hand over “30 to 40 terrorists who have taken refuge” at his residence in Zaman Park in Lahore. Imran Khan hit once more and requested officers to come back again with a search warrant and by no means use it as an excuse to storm his dwelling.

Caretaker chief minister Mohsin Raza Naqvi issued an ultimatum to Imran Khan helpful over the “30 to 40 terrorists” by 2 pm on Thursday. The Punjab Police has as soon as extra blocked road entry to Zaman Park from all sides.

According to authorities sources, the arrest of the “terrorists” is anticipated to be carried out after 2 pm. They alleged that Imran Khan might not appear sooner than a National Accountability Bureau (NAB) courtroom on Thursday in reference to the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief was directed by the NAB by a summons to look sooner than the courtroom in Islamabad.

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Earlier, Punjab’s caretaker data minister Amir Mir had claimed that some “30 to 40 terrorists” had been hiding at Imran Khan’s Lahore residence and gave him an ultimatum of 24 hours helpful them over or face stern movement.

“We have received an intelligence report that some 30 to 40 terrorists who were involved in attacking the military installations, especially Lahore Corps Commander House on May 9, are hiding at the Zaman Park residence of Imran Khan. We give an ultimatum of 24 hours to Imran Khan and his party to hand them over to police or face stern action,” Amir Mir acknowledged at a press conference.

Responding to the minister’s declare, Imran Khan, in his take care of, requested him to come back again with a search warrant.

“You say that terrorists are hiding in my house and they want to storm my house using it as an excuse. You should bring a warrant and search in a decent way,” he acknowledged.

The arrest of Imran Khan on May 9 by the paramilitary Rangers on the Islamabad High Court premises triggered violent protests by his supporters all through Pakistan. For the first time inside the nation’s historic previous, protesters stormed the Army headquarters in Rawalpindi and as well as torched the Corps Commander’s dwelling in Lahore.

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US SENATORS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER PAKISTAN UNREST

Over 65 bipartisan senators of the US Congress wrote a letter to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, urging him to prioritise the promotion and security of democracy and human rights in Pakistan amid the persevering with unrest and arrests inside the aftermath of Imran Khan’s arrest inside the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case.

“Over the past several months, we have become increasingly concerned by the blanket bans on demonstrations and deaths of several prominent critics of the government. We ask for your help pressuring the Government of Pakistan to ensure protestors can assert their demands in a peaceful and non-violent way,” the letter study.

“As both Democrats and Republicans, who care about the bilateral relationship, we are concerned about the violence and increased political tension could spiral into a deteriorating security situation in Pakistan… The US diplomatic leadership is necessary to prevent further erosion of democratic protections,” it acknowledged.

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