LAHORE: Former prime minister and PTI chairman Imran Khan has criticized Punjab police for conducting a search operation at his Zaman Park house in Lahore, adding he is “immediately” knocking on the door of the court against the actions for “violating the sanctity of his house” and resorting to “violence” against PTI workers.
Imran Khan criticizes Punjab Police for conducting search operation at his house
In a series of tweets on Saturday, Imran Khan said the police’s “attack” on his home was a contempt of court. Imran Khan said that they had agreed that an SP [superintendent of police] with one of their people would executive a search warrant because “we knew otherwise they would plant stuff on their own, which they did,”.
آج میری رہائشگاہ پر کیا جانے والا حملہ سب سے پہلے تو توہینِ عدالت تھا۔ہم نے اتفاق کیا تھا کہ ایک SP ہمارے ایک نمائندے کے ساتھ سرچ وارنٹس پر عمل کروائے گا کیونکہ ہمیں علم تھا کہ بصورت دیگر وہ خود سے کچھ نہ کچھ مواد گھر میں رکھ دیں گے،جیسا کہ انہوں نے آج کیا بھی! pic.twitter.com/eTsV3PYoAh
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) March 18, 2023
Reacting to the police action at Zaman Park, Imran Khan asked, “Under what law did police break the gate and pull-down trees in his house. Worse, the police did this following I left to present myself before the court, and Bushra bibi, a non-political person, was alone in house. This is a complete violation of the Islamic principle of sanctity of chadar and char diwari.”
انہوں نے کس قانون کے تحت گھر کا مرکزی دروازہ توڑا، درخت اکھاڑ پھینکے اور بھاری اسلحے کے ساتھ گھر میں داخل ہوئے؟ بیہودگی کی حد تو یہ ہے انہوں نے یہ سب اس وقت کیا جب میں عدالت میں پیشی کیلئے اسلام آباد روانہ ہوچکا تھا اور بشریٰ بی بی، جو مکمل طور پر ایک گھریلو
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) March 18, 2023
Imran Khan announced “immediately” taking up the violation of the sanctity of his house, the violence against PTI’s workers, his staff and contempt matter with judiciary.
اور غیرسیاسی خاتون ہیں، گھر میں اکیلی تھیں۔ یہ چادر و چار دیواری کے تقدس کے اسلامی اصول کی صریح خلاف ورزی تھی۔ میں توہینِ عدالت،اپنےگھرکےتقدس کی پامالی،اپنےکارکنان اورگھریلوملازمین پر تشدد کے اس معاملےکو فوری طور پر اپنی عدلیہ کےروبرو اٹھارہا ہوں۔
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) March 18, 2023
Earlier, Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr. Usman Anwar claimed that arms were recovered during today’s search operation at Imran Khan’s house in Lahore.
The Punjab IGP told reporters during a press conference, flanked by caretaker Punjab Information Minister Amir Mir, “We have recovered arms from Khan’s home. There are more weapons present there. An impression was being given that it was a no-go area in Lahore, but we have cleared the area,”
