Whoever arrests Imran won't be able to live in Pakistan, claims Fawad

PTI leader warns police and administration against following Punjab CM's 'illegal' orders

LAHORE:

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former information minister Fawad Chaudhry has warned that whoever will arrest former premier and PTI Chairman Imran Khan will not be able to live in Pakistan.

Speaking to the media in Lahore on Wednesday, Fawad also warned police and administration that those who are taking 'illegal actions on the directives of Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz' would be responsible for their deeds.

According to the PTI stalwart, Hamza had lost a majority as Punjab's chief minister.

Responding to the opposition’s remarks on the police-protester scuffle during the former ruling party's 'Azadi March' last month, he claimed efforts are afoot to create unrest between the public and the police.

"The PTI would soon issue a white paper on state terrorism against peaceful and unarmed protesters," he added.

The former information minister went on to accuse Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah of unleashing 'terrorism' on the party's supporters.

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While recalling that the police had trespassed during the raids to arrest PTI workers, he said it wasn't new how the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government used the police force to torture the peaceful protesters.

The PTI, he added, will avenge each and every illegal action against its leaders and workers.

Fawad also criticised the incumbent government for "resorting to politics over the martyrdom of a police officer in the line of duty.

He also alleged that the authorities were refusing access to a former army major who was arrested around mid-night last month, saying police were involved in torturing the man.

The PTI leader appreciated the sessions court for its "bold decision" to register a case against the federal interior minister and police high command.

Fawad later visited the house of late PTI worker Faisal Abbas, offered Fateha and called for a case of the incident to be registered.