Punjab, KP requisite deployment of Pakistan Army

LAHORE: Punjab home department on Wednesday has sought deployment of the Pakistan Army in the province to maintain law and order, ARY News reported. 

According to a letter, a requisition was forwarded by the Punjab home minister for the deployment of Pakistan Army troops under Article 245.

The Pakistan Army will assist the district administration in maintaining law and order.

Meanwhile, the army has also been summoned for support in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

It may be noted that law and order in Pakistan especially in Punjab and KP is worsening after the arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan.

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Earlier in the day, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former federal minister Asad Umar was arrested from the premises of Islamabad High Court (IHC).

The PTI Secretary General was arrested from the IHC as he reached to file a petition to seek a meeting with PTI Chairman Imran Khan. The former finance minister was arrested by the Anti-Terrorist Squad of the Islamabad police.

Sources said that Umar was arrested under section 16 of the Maintenance of the Public (MPO).