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The Islamabad police on Thursday stormed the Parliament Lodges and arrested member Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) MNA Salahuddin Ayubi and 11 others.
The police entered the lodges on a tip-off pertaining to the presence of volunteers of JUI-F's subsidiary Ansarul Islam.
Meanwhile, JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has reportedly asked party's workers to reach Islamabad and he also reached the lodges accompanied by other lawmakers.
Meanwhile, talking to media persons, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said that the situation was escalated by the political workers present at the scene.
He further said that he had directed police to maintain law and order at the scene and criticised the opposition for creating a scene at the lodges.
According to Rashid, they are trying to contain the unrest so the situation does not go out of control prior to the tabling of the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Talking to the media at the scene, Fazl said he is ready for a voluntary arrest in protest against the detention of his workers.
The JUI-F chief also asked his workers to take to the streets and launch a protest wherever they were located in the federal capital.
Expressing his views, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari denounced the police raid, saying: “A puppet prime minister is harassing parliamentarians through terror and fear.”
He claimed that the “harassment” was not just aimed at the JUI-F members but also at other lawmakers.
Zardari asked the police and the capital’s administration to avoid abiding by illegal orders “of the puppet”.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2347312/jui-f-mna-among-12-arrested-as-police-storm-parliament-lodges
The police entered the lodges on a tip-off pertaining to the presence of volunteers of JUI-F's subsidiary Ansarul Islam.
Meanwhile, JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has reportedly asked party's workers to reach Islamabad and he also reached the lodges accompanied by other lawmakers.
Meanwhile, talking to media persons, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said that the situation was escalated by the political workers present at the scene.
He further said that he had directed police to maintain law and order at the scene and criticised the opposition for creating a scene at the lodges.
According to Rashid, they are trying to contain the unrest so the situation does not go out of control prior to the tabling of the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Talking to the media at the scene, Fazl said he is ready for a voluntary arrest in protest against the detention of his workers.
The JUI-F chief also asked his workers to take to the streets and launch a protest wherever they were located in the federal capital.
Expressing his views, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari denounced the police raid, saying: “A puppet prime minister is harassing parliamentarians through terror and fear.”
He claimed that the “harassment” was not just aimed at the JUI-F members but also at other lawmakers.
Zardari asked the police and the capital’s administration to avoid abiding by illegal orders “of the puppet”.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2347312/jui-f-mna-among-12-arrested-as-police-storm-parliament-lodges