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Punjab’s Interim Acting Information Minister Aamir Mir gave Imran Khan’s party an ultimatum of 24 hours to hand over the miscreants to the government
CNN-News18 has learned that in a shocking revelation, the Punjab Police in Pakistan has alleged that around 30-40 terrorists are present at former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Zaman Park residence and Khan has been asked to hand over the miscreants or face action. has ordered.
Sources told CNN-News18 on Wednesday that the interim Punjab government has given the go-ahead to the police to launch a massive operation at the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief’s Zaman Park residence.
Punjab’s Interim Acting Information Minister Aamir Mir said that intelligence reports said that around 30 to 40 miscreants who attacked military installations are present in the Zaman Park residence.
He gave a 24-hour ultimatum to Imran Khan’s party to hand over the miscreants to the government.
The acting information minister said it has been decided that the terrorists will be tried in a military court.
On 10 May, the Punjab Police filed five other FIRs against Khan and his supporters for attacking and damaging state buildings and military installations, besides attacking hundreds of his party workers and setting fire to the Corps Commander House in Lahore. It was
So far 3400 accused have been arrested and 254 cases have been registered. Meanwhile, the authorities have started the identification process.
Khan and his deputy Shah Mehmood Qureshi and others have been implicated in murder, terrorism and 20 other heinous crimes for last Tuesday’s attack on the senior army commander’s house, known as ‘Jinnah House’, in Lahore Cantonment.
Khan’s arrest on Tuesday by Pakistan Rangers at the IHC compound sparked unrest in Pakistan that continued until Friday with several deaths and dozens of military and state installations destroyed by protesters.
For the first time in Pakistan’s history, protesters stormed the Army Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi and set fire to the Corps Commander’s house in Lahore.
Police put the death toll in the violent clashes at 10, while Khan’s party claimed 40 of its workers were killed in firing by security personnel.
(with inputs from agencies)