Night raids on Houses of members of the Pakistani Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) police have been condemned by politicians and journalists who called them distinctive of undemocratic regime and called out treatment is dosed out to women police during these raids.
In an attempt to stop the long march of overthrown PTI, the police began crackdown on in former decree party and searched the houses of Almost all party leaders force them into hiding.
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Reacting to the crackdown, PTI chairman Imran Khan said the peaceful protest was the right thing to do. of all citizens. He said the current crackdown had raised “serious questions about handlers” when he called PML-N. government “fascist”.
Peaceful protest is right of all our citizens. Brutal repression on PTI executives and employees in Punjab and Islamabad once again shown us that we are familiar with – fascist nature of PMLN when in power. Real suppression also raises serious questions about Handlers.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) May 23, 2022
PTI senior leader Fawad Chaudhry stated that at least 1,100 raids were carried out in the Punjab. last night. “The police broke into houses without a warrant and behaved inappropriately. with women and children”, he said, adding that at least 400 members, including women, in guardianship of Punjab police.
پنجاب میں رات گئے گیارہ سو گھروں پر چھاپے مارے گئے، بغیر وارنٹ گھروں میں داخل ہو کر پولیس نے خواتین حتیٰ کہ بچوں سے بدتمیزی کی، لوگوں کو تشدد کا نشانہ بنایا گیا چار سو سے زائد کارکن حراست میں لئے گئے ان میں خواتین بھی شامل ہیں،
— Champion Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) May 24, 2022
tweet also shared video of raid on residence of former Punjab health minister Yasmin Rashid. It said: “These who talking about respect of women until yesterday, it’s their honor dead Now?”
Karachi lawyer Jibran Nasir shared the video. of Judge (retired) Nasira Iqbal, mother of PTI leader Waleed Iqbal. In the video daughter-in-law of Allama Iqbal shared the harassment her employees endured. of police.
Judge (right) Nasira Iqbal, mother of Senator Waleed Iqbal and daughter in law of Allama Iqbal shares harassing and intimidating her family was carried out when law enforcement attacked her house for senator arrest without warrants. Imagine what ordinary Pakistanis go through on their hands of VET rice.twitter.com/x8iYZI4HaW
— M. Jibran Nasir ???????? (@MJibranNasir) May 24, 2022
In his tweet, Iqbal compared PML-N government Stalin and Hitler.
Is it Hitler’s Germany or Stalin’s Russia? The police are supposed to protect, not terrorize. In the wee hours hours squad tonight of eight haunted me in Lahore when I was in Islamabad. One climbed over gate, others used the squad car break in. Imported by the government, the end is near. rice.twitter.com/VCO4t4FnFp
— Walid Iqbal (@WalidIqbalPTI) May 23, 2022
In another video posted by PTI official pen on Twitter, it was claimed that the household of PTI leader Rehan bin Javed was harassed and intimidated by the police. who broke into house without warrants.
Host Imran Khan shared a photo of MP Rashida Khanum said police arrested MP who it’s cancer and the heart patient.
PPP leader Nafisa Shah also condemned the actions of the police against participants of PTI. It differed from the “anti-democratic approach” of in government to deal with with PTI protest.
This clear #PTI wants violence, but traditional policemen – night raids, raids up families invading privacy of home can hardly be called a democratic approach to protest. Better negotiate & allow local protest. In any case #PTIlongmarch now reduced sit in in Islamabad.
— Nafisa Shah (@ShahNafisa) May 24, 2022
Journalist Mazhar Abbas also sentenced of raids and these raids would not be good idea for unity government.
What government up to. Raid for in arrest of PTI leaders and activists may not get along for current PML(N) government and this coalition partners.
— Mazhar Abbas (@MzharAbbasGEO) May 23, 2022
Human rights activist Ammar Ali Jan, who faced cases of mutiny during the PTI government said preventative arrests were the shameful part of colonial legacy. He said the protests should be allowed within of law and those who broke the law should be brought to justice.
Pre-emptive arrests are the shameful part of our colonial heritage, which is used current government to suppress PTI. protests should be allowed within of law. Those who break the law like in happening of constable martyr, should be brought to justice.
— Ammar Ali Jan (@ammaralijan) May 24, 2022
کل رات پنجاب میں جو ہوا سب نے دیکھا
پنجاب کو غلاموں اور بیرونی آقاؤں کا پہلی بار سامنا نہیں
پنجاب نے کبی غلامی قبول نہیں کی، ہمیشہ کھل کا رائے کا اظہار کیا
– @SHABAZGIL #حقیقی_آزادی_مارچ rice.twitter.com/fK5CVGomZp— PTI (@PTIOfficial) May 24, 2022
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