[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) head Imran Khan alleged on Wednesday that police have surrounded his house in Lahore’s Zaman Park in an attempt to arrest him once more.
“This is most likely my final tweet before my next arrest.” “Police have encircled my house,” he tweeted on his official Twitter account.
Probably my last tweet before my next arrest .
Police has surrounded my house.https://t.co/jsGck6uFRj— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) May 17, 2023
Meanwhile, police have shut down traffic from Mall Road to Zaman Park. A large police force is stationed near the city’s Zaman Park, Dharmpura Bridge, Allama Iqbal Road, Mall Road, and Garhi Shahu Canal Road.
Police officers in bulletproof vests armed with batons are there, as are their mobile vans. An extraordinary rush of traffic is observed on Dharmapura Bridge, with policemen standing alert on the roadside.
The police are looking for large cars travelling from Canal Road to Mall Road and Zaman Park.
Vehicles with PTI flags are being halted, and party workers inside are being held, according to sources. Due of party flags, a few vehicles were barred from entering Zaman Park.
Imran Khan is also speaking to his party’s supporters from his home.
“Time is still on our side. Speak up and be wise. Elections are the only way out of this mess. “I appeal to those who can make elections happen to save the country by holding elections,” Imran remarked to party members.
On news of PTI leaders leaving the party, he added, “If anyone thinks this strategy will work, look at this,” pointing to a sheet that showed that 70% of people backed the PTI.
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“You cannot finish the party with 70% popularity.” The PDM just wants to pit the army against the PTI. “Everyone should be aware of what is going on and have some sense,” he added.
“This (confrontation between the PTI and the military) will result in a massive backlash that will be detrimental to the country,” he warned.
Imran stated that his party workers attempted to prevent people from torching the fighter aircraft model erracted at Jahaz Chowk in Mianwali, but the miscreants did not relent.
“We’re going to the high court soon to set up a judicial commission because we now have evidence.” We observed people with pistols who did not belong to our party around. He said that “they were instigating people to attack the Corp Commander’s house.”
He further claimed that 25 members of his party had been slain in the protests, while 700 more had bullet wounds and 7,500 were in prison, including women.
“I’ve heard 40 terrorists are in my house, and we’ve taken them in.” If there are 40 terrorists here, my life is also in jeopardy. Please come here in a civilised manner, not as if you are attacking. It could be beneficial to me as well. “Don’t use it as an excuse to launch an attack,” he urged.
Whatever happened on May 9 was part of a plan, according to the former prime minister. “The IG Punjab should be summoned in connection with what occurred at Jinnah House.” People were moving from Liberty Chowk [in Lahore] to Jinnah House, but no one stopped them. All will be exposed in a fair investigation.”
He stated that they intended to target Jinnah House as an excuse to ban the PTI and imprison its leaders.
“How did Radio Pakistan end up on fire?” The demonstration was taking place elsewhere, but Radio Pakistan was set on fire. Face recognition software makes it simple to detect people’s faces these days. You can utilise NADRA data to identify people, but only through an independent inquiry.
On Tuesday last week, dozens of Rangers broke into an IHC office and whisked Imran away in an armoured vehicle in a whirlwind raid while carrying out an arrest warrant issued by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in the Al-Qadir Trust case.
Later, the Supreme Court ruled that his arrest was “invalid and unlawful” and remanded the case to the IHC, which had previously ruled that the arrest was “legal.”
PTI supporters vandalised and damaged the historic Corps’ Commander’s House — originally known as Jinnah House and once serving as the residence of the nation’s founding father, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah — hours after the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) arrested PTI chief Imran Khan.
Protesters burned down all of the rooms, halls, drawing rooms, living rooms, walls, drapes, doors, wooden ceilings and even the floor in the ancient building, according to photos and videos.
A few furlongs distant from the Corps’ Commander House, the 130-year-old Military Engineering Services building was also set on fire, destroying precious records, furniture and vehicles.
Following Imran’s detention, numerous party leaders, including Fawad Chaudhry, Asad Umar, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Dr Yasmeen Rashid, Shireen Mazari, Maleeka Bukhari, and Fayyazul Hassan Chauhan, were arrested.
Soon after the protests, PTI leaders and workers were arrested, and the country’s civil and military leadership pledged to prosecute individuals involved in the ransacking of military sites under the Pakistan Army Act and the Official Secrets Act.
The civil-military leadership has also decided to declare May 9 to be “Black Day” on a nationwide scale.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
