PDM govt likely to arrest Imran Khan, PTI leaders ahead of protests

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) government is mulling over giving a green signal to the authorities for arresting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan and other PTI leaders ahead of the expected protests for demanding elections, citing sources, ARY News reported on Monday.

After the PTI chief signalled to give a protest call for demanding elections, the ruling coalition, PDM, started consultations for a strategy to foil Imran Khan’s expected protests.

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Sources told ARY News that the government decided to give a green signal to arrest Imran Khan and other PTI leaders. Sources added that the ruling coalition assigned the task to the interior ministry.

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The interior ministry would make the arrests through the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and local police.

It was learnt that lists have been prepared for the arrests of PTI central leaders including Fawad Chaudhry, Asad Umar, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Usman Buzdar, Yasmin Rashid, Aslam Iqbal and others.

From Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the names of Pervez Khattak, Asad Qaiser, Atif Khan and others were included in the lists. Haleem Adil Shaikh, Imran Ismail, Ali Zaidi and others are expected to be arrested in Sindh.

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PTI sources claimed that Imran Khan completed the homework for his next protest movement. The PTI chief will lead the protest movement in Lahore, sources added.

Yesterday, Khan said that his political party will take to the streets with full force if elections are not held in the country.

He made the announcement while meeting PTI ticket holders from Lahore today. Sources told ARY News that Imran Khan expressed satisfaction over the successful rally organised by PTI to express solidarity with the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) yesterday.

The PTI chief also gave tasks to the ticket holders for expediting the preparations for a massive public movement. Khan said that a large number of participants attended the PTI rally on short notice.