'Terrorists arrested from Zaman Park were in contact with PTI leadership'
- By Babar Khan -
- May 19, 2023
LAHORE: Police have claimed that ‘terrorists’ arrested from Zaman Park were in contact with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leadership, ARY News reported on Friday.
Revealing the identity of the arrested ‘terrorists’ Punjab police claimed Bakhat Alam and Mumtaz Mardan were in contact with the PTI KP leadership.
Azizul Ghani, a resident of Swat, was also taking directions from PTI. Abdul Ghafoor, Zohaib, Aijaz residents of Uchra, Shahdara and Misri Shah, respectively, were taking directions from PTI Senator Aijaz Chaudhry, the police claimed.
Contacts of Nabeel and Hunzla, the ‘terrorists’ arrested from Zaman Park, have also been traced with the PTI leadership.
Read more: Six more ‘terrorists’ escaping Zaman Park arrested: police
Separately, the Punjab Police claimed to have arrested six more alleged terrorists attempting to flee from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s Zaman Park residence.
Lahore Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Bilal Saddique Kamyana said that six more “terrorists” were arrested fleeing ex-PM Imran Khan’s Zaman Park residence, taking the total arrests to 14.
According to CCPO four of the alleged “terrorists” were involved in the attack on Askari Tower while two of them were among those who ransacked the Corps Commander House Lahore [Jinnah House].