A contingent of Islamabad police along with armoured vehicles reached Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairperson Imran Khan’s Zaman Park residence to arrest the former premier for the ongoing Toshakhana (gift depository) case.
The official Twitter handle of the party urged supporters and workers to gather outside the residence and ‘remain peaceful’.
However, PTI workers reportedly started stoning police officials as the police began baton-charging the crowds, turning Zaman Park into a battleground. Police allegedly used water canons to hold back PTI workers, with some being taken into custody.
According to Express News, a heavy contingent of Lahore Police accompanying the capital police is also outside Imran Khan’s house, and the police have blocked all the roads leading to Zaman Park.
On behalf of Islamabad Police, Director Inspector General Operations Islamabad Shahzad Nadeem Bukhari has arrived at the scene with an armoured vehicle and a police team to ensure compliance with the arrest warrant.
Two police officers held up placards to receive arrest notices with an inscription on the placards regarding the receipt of notices.
When asked what the charges against Imran were, DIG Operations Bukhari refrained from answering and stated that he was fulfilling the warrant. He added that media personnel would be informed regarding where Imran would be taken after the arrest.
PTI leader Farrukh Habib also shared footage from Zaman Park and claimed Imran’s “life was in danger” and added that circumstances are being created in order to target the former premier again.
Habib added Islamabad’s F-8 judicial complex was a “death trap” for Imran. The PTI leader further said everyone knows about the repeated warrants being issued and the police working towards Imran’s arrest.
