Interior Minister Rana Sanaulla on Punjab police said Wednesday they had arrested at least 1,700 members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in “4414 raids in the province” in attempt to disrupt the “bloody” long march former decree party.
minister made these remarks while speaking at a press conference together with Minister of Information Marrium Aurangzeb in Islamabad.
According to Sanaulla, the police were informed government do not take an “aggressive stance” during raids. It can be noted here that the police came under fire after the surge of raids on Houses of PTI leaders.
Sana told reporters that at least 1,700 arrests had been made. made during these raids. “From of these 1700, 250 people signed an affidavit that they were not part of of this “fitna” and released home while the rest of they were detained for MPO (maintenance of Public order) 16″, minister added.
Answering a question, Rana Sana said that if the arrests made Sindh police were added to the number of detention in Punjab, then the number could be “1720 or 1724”.
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In his press release, Sana claimed that people refused join “anarchist” protest of PTI and decided to stay in home. He claimed out of 200 million inhabitants of Lahore, only “came 250-300 out express your support for in former decree party”.
He said public wanted see Pakistan grow in democratic way instead of become a part of plan to wreck it progress.
Speaking of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa protesters led by Imran Khan, the interior minister, in said in a sarcastic tone government I was ready to greet them.
He said strategy It was already was in place thin marchers out’ before arriving in Islamabad.
Talking about listening of petition in Supreme Court, minister said the sun was the “supreme protector” of Constitution of Pakistan. He added what government will comply with order of superior court on instructions of in prime minister. “It is our duty and legal and constitutional duty too, he added.
According to Sana, the trio bench proposed negotiations team get out of the rut over protest. He added what a foursome team of PTI was led by Babar Avan, while prime minister would announced in government team also by this time.
He said if anyone was ready to talk then government would have agreed, but not allowed anyone take the law into your own hands. “We didn’t stop anyone from exercising their constitutional rights,” Sana said, adding that violence, however, is unacceptable. He added what government allowed Imran to hold at least “33 political meetings” since being overthrown of his government in April of this year.
minister also asked the court to keep events of 2014 sit-in such as attack on PTV building and Imran’s broken promises regarding the location of the protest, in mind taking it decision on petition filed by PTI.
Besides, minister reiterated that no agreement had been reached with PTI over sit-in, however.
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