Pakistan: Heavy police force deployed outside Imran Khan’s residence

New Delhi: A day after former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan got booked under the Anti-Terrorism Act, security on the road leading to his residence has been tightened, reported a local news channel of Pakistan on Monday.

As per Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf party (PTI) leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi, the Pakistan government is planning to get Imran Khan arrested. A terrorism case was filed against the ousted leader for threatening police, judiciary, and other state institutions at his Islamabad rally. The case was registered at the Margalla Police Station of Islamabad at 10 pm on Saturday under Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (punishment for acts of terrorism).

The case surfaced hours after Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Sunday said that the government was mulling filing a case against 69-year-old Khan over his provocative speech delivered on Saturday night in the F-9 Park of the national capital.

The FIR reads that Khan in his speech had “terrorized and threatened top police officials and a respected female additional sessions judge” to stop them from performing their functions and abstain from pursuing any action against any individual related to his party.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice-Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi has warned the Shehbaz Sharif-led Pakistani government of severe consequences if they try to make any untoward move toward Imran Khan and his party and said that the incumbent government was planning to detain the party Chairman.

(Vinayak)