LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, against his party leaders and workers in the aftermath of the mayhem that occurred during the riots when law enforcement officers attempted to enter the residence of law enforcement officials in Lahore’s Zaman Park. As a result, a case has been registered for damaging government property. his arrest.
The PTI chief was booked on Tuesday – the day the standoff broke out between police and party workers – in one of the four cases total.
The cases have been registered under sections of arson and damage to government property, terrorism, attempt to murder and other provisions.
According to the First Information Report (FIR) filed against Khan at the Race Course police station in Lahore, the criminal conspiracy to commit violent riots was hatched at the instigation of the PTI chief.
The FIR states that PTI workers attacked the police with sticks, bricks, stones and petrol bombs at the behest of Khan and party leaders, injuring Shahzad Bukhari, Deputy Inspector General of Operations, Islamabad Police Team. gone.
It added that additional Lahore police were called in to control the disorder, following which the PTI workers turned violent and raised slogans against the expected arrest of their leader.
The FIR stated that they started pelting stones and petrol bottles which destroyed and burnt government and private property including police vans, water cannons and Bowser vehicles, resulting in injuries to personnel. .
Khan has been booked under Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) Section 109 (if the act was abetted, as a result thereof and where no express provision is made for his punishment); 120B (punishment for criminal conspiracy); 147 (punishment for sedition); 148 (riots, armed with deadly weapons); 149 (every member of an unlawful assembly guilty of the offense of prosecuting a public objection); 172 (absconding to evade summons or other process) and 173 (preventing service of summons or other process, or preventing its publication) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).
A case has also been registered against the former prime minister under Section 174 (non-attendance in compliance with the order of a public servant). 186 (obstructing public servants in the performance of public functions) 212 (harboring criminals); 290 (punishment for public nuisance in cases not otherwise provided for); 291 (continuation of nuisance after order of discontinuance); and 324 (attempt to murder).
The provisions of the case against the PTI chairman also include Section 353 (assault or criminal force to prevent a public servant from performing his duty). 427 (mischief causing loss of fifty rupees); 436 (mischief by fire or explosives with intent to destroy house etc.) 440 (mischief after preparation to cause death or hurt) 506 (ii) (punishment for criminal threat or grievous hurt etc.); and the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997.
A day earlier, fierce clashes between PTI supporters and law enforcers near Khan’s Zaman Park residence entered a second day as authorities resumed their drive to arrest him in the Tosha Khana case.
It was the second time in recent weeks that police were dispatched from Islamabad to the ousted prime minister’s home in the provincial capital of Punjab to serve an arrest warrant after he skipped several court dates citing security concerns.
However, after the Pakistan Super League (PSL) playoff match between Lahore Qalandars and Multan Sultans at the Gaddafi Stadium, police officials announced a temporary halt to their operation, after which its officials and other security personnel Zaman was seen leaving the park.
“Until the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) 8 cricket match is over, the police will not advance to Khan’s residence,” sources quoted police officials as saying.
After the withdrawal of the police, the PTI chief also came out of his residence in a mask and met the party workers and encouraged them.
