Govt distances itself from raid on Pervaiz Elahi’s house

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has distanced itself from the raid on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) President and former Punjab chief minister (CM) Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi’s house, wherein 27 individuals including servants were arrested, ARY News reported on Saturday.

The resolve was expressed during a telephonic conversation between Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and PTI senior vice chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi.

During the conversation, Ishaq Dar expressed grief over the ‘violation of sanctity of veil and walls’ in the raid on Pervaiz Elahi’s house.

Meanwhile, Shah Mahmood Qureshi apprised the finance minister of reservations of PTI President’s family and party. Ishaq Dar noted that the federal government has ‘nothing to do’ with raid on Elahi’s house.

“The raid was carried out by caretaker Punjab government,” he said, assuring that he will apprise the government of PTI’s reservations over the raid.

The federal minister added that he will again contact Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in this regard.

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A day earlier, Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) team along with a heavy contingent of Punjab Police raided former Punjab Chief Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) President Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi’s house, located at Zahoor Elahi Road in Lahore.

At least 25 individuals, including servants working in the household of the former Punjab chief minister, were arrested by the police during the raid.

The eight-hour-long police action came to a halt after the Director General of Punjab’s Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE), Sohail Zafar Chattha, left the scene along with the police contingent.

The ACE team along with police contingents led by the superintendent police (SP) Model Town raided Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi’s house in Lahore. A large number of senior lawyers were present at the PTI president’s house at the time of the raid.

The police entered the house after jumping from the wall and an armoured personnel carrier (APC) of police broke the main gate of the residence.