Crackdown on PTI: Islamabad police raid residence of Shibli Faraz

The Islamabad police on Sunday evening conducted a raid on the residence of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader Shibli Faraz in the federal capital's F-7 sector.

According to sources, Faraz is nominated in a case registered at the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) police station. They said that the PTI leader was present at his house during the raid, however, his wife and mother told the officials that he was not present. The police team left the house soon after.

Meanwhile, Chairman Senate Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani expressed concern over the raid, urging police to respect the sanctity of the veil and four walls of the house as Faraz was a member of the Senate.

He directed the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Islamabad to provide a detailed report of the incident without delay.

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PTI Chairman Imran Khan and other party leaders are facing a spate of legal challenges, including one that prompted a failed attempt to arrest him on Tuesday, sparking clashes between supporters and police, which also took place on Saturday.

Earlier in the day, Imran and other party members were booked on terror charges for clashes between police and party activists outside the Islamabad judicial complex.

In the first information report, which was registered by SHO Rashid of Ramna police station, the former prime minister and 17 other PTI leaders were named.

Ali Nawaz Awan, Aamir Mehmood Kayani, Asad Qaiser, Farrukh Habib, Asad Umar, Umar Ayub, Jamshed Mughal, Ali Amin Gandapur, Ehsan Khan Niazi, Mohammad Asim and Shibli Faraz are also named in the FIR.

Moreover, a total of 38 protesters were detained for vandalizing the premises and state property.