New Delhi: The government of Pakistan has been trying hard for 22 hours to catch Imran Khan, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan. Along with Lahore Police (Police) now a squad of Punjab Rangers (Punjab Rangers) also left to go to Bungalow Zaman Park in Lahore. Police and Punjab Rangers were deployed outside Imran Khan’s residence. However, the police had to return due to the huge crowd of supporters. Supporters can be seen celebrating as police return.
Let us tell you that a squad of Punjab Rangers joined the police outside Khan’s residence in Lahore’s Zaman Park in an attempt to arrest Pakistan’s ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan, who failed to appear in court on corruption charges. Lahore’s Zaman Park area is a battleground scene, with tear gas shells, burnt tires and vehicle debris littering the streets after Khan’s supporters clashed with police when they prevented their leader from being arrested. Dozens of policemen have been injured in the clash.
Pakistan Rangers were sent to help the police
Imran Khan remained under house arrest at his home in the high-profile area on Wednesday, while the government sent Rangers to assist policemen as a police team to arrest him clashed with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf activists. Tried to catch him. Clashes broke out between PTI workers and police in Zaman Park area of Lahore on Tuesday. After a non-bailable warrant was issued in the Toshakha case, Islamabad police arrived in armored vehicles to arrest PTI chief Imran from his residence in Lahore.
Imran was accused of this
Imran Khan, 70, is facing allegations of buying gifts from Toshakhana at exorbitant prices and selling them for profit during his tenure as prime minister. “Clearly the claim of ‘arrest’ is just a play, as the real intention is to kidnap and kill,” he tweeted on Wednesday. The police fired tear gas and water cannon at the supporters.
Activist turned human shield for Imran Khan
The police who reached Imran’s residence to comply with the court order to arrest Imran Khan in the Toshakha case were chased by the protesters gathered there. Anticipating a worsening of the situation, various PTI leaders, including Khan, appealed to party workers to gather at Zaman Park, where they acted as human shields and stood between Imran’s residence and the police. Policemen fired tear gas shells but the supporters were not hit by the toss. Clashes broke out between activists and police.
‘We are being kidnapped and killed’
Imran tweeted, “Since yesterday morning, our workers and leadership have been facing tear gas, chemical water cannons, rubber bullets and police bullets. Now here are the ‘Rangers’ and the public will have a direct confrontation with them. My question to the administration that claims to be neutral is your neutrality that the Rangers are being directly confronted by the unarmed protesters and the leadership of the largest political party because of the illegal warrant against their leader and the case is already in court. This government of crooks trying to kidnap and possibly assassinate their leader?
‘Promise to Nawaz Sharif is coming true’
Imran said that it seems that the alleged promises made by the military establishment to Nawaz Sharif are being fulfilled. “I don’t understand why the army chief is supporting the PDM government when it is tarnishing the image of the army,” he said, adding that the Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif-led PML-N government would not last a day without the establishment. “No attempt has been made to contact Army Chief General Asim Munir,” he said. Several policemen and party workers were reportedly injured in the clash between PTI workers and the police.