Islamabad 22 August : A large contingent of police agencies including police commandos, Rangers, and constabulary were positioned around the Banigala residence of former Pakistan Imran Khan, the Prime Minister of Pakistan and all the roads and pathways that lead to it were sealed to prevent any untoward incidents.However, it wasn’t yet decided if Khan was going to be detained or placed under house arrest.
Sources involved in sketching out the strategy of the operation said to The News.
“Negotiations with Imran Khan are underway, and the PTI leader is seeking to avoid being arrested or detention in his home,” sources claimed they added authorities are working on a variety of strategies to deal with the issue with the assistance of the law enforcement agencies.
They they were waiting for an official green signal from the authorities concerned.
“Imran Khan wants possibility of contacting the judiciary’s higher level for relief, however he will need to surrender to the police as the initial step.” the sources said.
The former leader is in contact with the party’s top leadership via cell phones and has given instructions in the event of the need to arrest him, sources told the AP.
PTI activists are gathered around Banigala however, no untoward incident was reported prior to the release of the story, The News reported.
According to reports according to sources, According to reports, Interior Ministry had sought written permission from the Office of the Prime Minister to arrest of PTI Chief.
Sources have said that the arrest will be taken with the agreement of all factions in the ruling coalition.
In the meantime, PPP leader and former President Asif Ali Zardari has been against Khan’s arrest.
He believes that Khan’s arrest will result in political damage to the ruling coalition.
The government on Sunday thought about legal options to take actions against Khan in the sedition trial that was brought against the party’s chief Shahbaz Gill.
According to sources According to sources, at the very least two meetings were scheduled in the Interior Ministry where legal options were discussed for taking actions against the former premier.
“The Interior Ministry sought advice from the attorney general of Pakistan (AGP) and the law department on two options to determine if Khan’s name can be included in the FIR that was registered against Shahbaz Gill or a new case should be filed against him.” The News quoted the sources as saying.
They claimed that the rally carried in support of Shahbaz Gill was a violation of Section 144.in the support of Shahbaz Gill in Islamabad was also in violation of Section 144 and an FIR could be filed over it.
Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Sunday said Khan had threatened the institutions in his speech on Saturday.He regretted the fact that the former premier had threatened an female judge with her name.
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