The police and local administration did not respond “despite repeated calls” after miscreants entered Imran Khan's house. PHOTO: INP
ISLAMABAD:
An altercation took place on Wednesday evening outside Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan’s Bani Gala residence between miscreants and police personnel.
An official statement by PTI central information secretary Dr Shireen Mazari said that as many as 100 miscreants allegedly put party chairman Imran Khan and his family’s lives at risk while the police and local administration did not respond “despite repeated calls”.
The statement claimed that Imran’s brother-in-law was beaten and his female family members were abused as the house gate collapsed under pressure from the hordes of attackers who “reached his house because no police protection was provided despite repeated demands.”
Police, on the other hand, contradicted the official PTI account that no security was present outside Imran’s house. “They entered the house on finding the front door open,” said a police official from Bhara Kahu police station. The officer added that the alleged miscreants did not resist when they were stopped by police.
The police in-charge deployed at the site said that they called for police reinforcements, but the protesters, following a brief verbal exchange, withdrew.
“No reserve police was then required and was not sent,” said the police officer. However, he maintained that appropriate security arrangements were in place at the residence of the PTI chief. Police said no arrests were made.
‘Interior minister should resign’
Mazari, while condemning the incident, sought the immediate resignation of the caretaker interior minister.
“The interior minister who has deliberately failed to provide security to Imran Khan despite repeated formal requests by the party leadership.”
The press release added: “The Minister has already displayed a public bias towards PML-N and now his refusal to provide the required security to the PTI Chairman put the life of the Chairman and his family directly at risk.”
Published in The Express Tribune, April 18th, 2013.
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I like the way he dresses . Moving with changing times is a plus thing. He does not wear cotton kurtis just to show off that he is with the masses.
@Mubeen Ahmad: from your comments it appears that you support PMLN. As an observer and nothing more I have to question the sensibilities of anyone in Pakistan who continues to support those political elites who were in power in years past and who have demonstrated how they raped the country beyond shadow of a doubt. Raymond Baker can come up with the quantification of the money looted by Nawaz Shariff and his brother "mini me" Shahbaz Shariff, and people like you turn a blind eye towards this theft, I just have to shake my head and wonder about your sense of right and wrong. I must then conclude that Pakistani nation deserves the lousy standard of living.
By the way where were IK personal guards? "They broke main gate, Entered room, beat my BEHNOI, harassed my Family Members" What a Joke.
IK we are with you. they will vanish once you are elected the Prime Minister of Pakistan
A fly sat on Imran Khan's Hand. Oh a spy sent by PML-N. You need to grow up and take charge. If elected you will be responsible for running the affairs of Pakistan. And if you failed to deliver you will again blame PML-N. I would suggest PTI needs to break away from Noon Phobia and face the music.
You can express all the anger you want but what is the point of getting violent with family members? That is so shameful.
The dirty game is started, I know one thing, no matter how many differences we workers have with PTI leadership, we can never even think of attacking IK or his family and It was the first and the last incident, better keep this in mind.
Can imagine the scenario when IK has served as an MNA (if at all elected) for a couple of years and then the locals come to pay him a visit.