- Naqvi “appalled” to know that police stormed into Shujaat’s home.
- Statement comes after Centre distanced itself from incident.
- Saalik shares video of police get together making an attempt to interrupt in his home.
Punjab caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi has mentioned that he was “appalled” to know that the police stormed into Pakistan Muslim League Quaid (PML-Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain’s home through the operation to arrest Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Parvez Elahi.
A heavy contingent of Punjab Police had raided the residence of the previous PML-Q chief to arrest him. PTI strongly criticised the police’s actions, voicing considerations relating to arrests of its employees and leaders.
Taking observe of a tweet by Shujaat’s son, Chaudhry Saalik Hussain, the caretaker CM mentioned that “no illegal action will be allowed by anyone”.
Saalik, sharing a video of the police get together making an attempt to interrupt in his home through the raid to arrest Elahi, expressed dismay over what had occurred.
“Appalled to know that team went to arrest Ch Pervaiz Elahi but stormed Ch Shaujaat’s House in which Ch Salik Hussain got injured. The law should take it’s course,” Naqvi wrote on the microblogging website in response.
The interim chief minister shared that he was in Madina however receiving all the main points concerning the matter.
Earlier, Saalik had revealed that his paternal aunt (Shujaat’s sister), who can also be Elahi’s sister-in-law (spouse’s sister) had instructed the police get together that the PTI chief was on the PML-Q chief’s home.
“The police did what they did but what our people did not do less,” the PML-Q chief had written within the Tweet that contained a video exhibiting police get together making an attempt to interrupt in his home.
It could be famous that Naqvi’s assertion got here after the Centre distanced itself from the raid, blaming the Punjab caretaker set-up for the incident.
On Saturday evening, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar held an vital assembly with PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi, and mentioned that the federal authorities had nothing to do with the raid.
Dar expressed remorse over the raid on the PTI president’s home and violation of the sanctity of “chadar and char dewari” — a phrase used to explain household’s dignity.
During the assembly, Qureshi apprised Dar of the emotions of the household of Elahi relating to the “illegal attack” at their residence.
“The federal government has nothing to do with the attack on the house of Chaudhry Parvez Elahi,” Dar was quoted as saying within the assembly.
The finance minister added that the raid was performed by the Punjab caretaker authorities.
Dar mentioned he would inform the ruling alliance’s management concerning the reservations of the PTI relating to the police motion and would get again to the opposition get together on the matter quickly.
Meanwhile, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal criticised the PTI leaders for “using women and children” as a defend to evade arrest.
Speaking on Geo News’ programme “Naya Pakistan”, the federal minister mentioned each PTI Chairman Imran Khan and Elahi weren’t arrested when police performed a raid at their residence.
“We never used wheelchairs or cried on TV,” he mentioned whereas criticising the PTI’s leaders for elevating hue and cry over arrests.
He mentioned PML-N leaders — together with its supremo Nawaz Sharif — confronted “bogus cases and political victimisation” through the tenure of the PTI-led authorities.
Speaking on the identical programme, Chaudhry Salik Hussain, PML-Q chief and the nephew of Elahi, mentioned Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the police raid in a cellphone name with him.
