Islamabad :
Police across the country have registered dozens of cases against PTI leaders and workers for Section 144 as well as other serious violations in the wake of the long march ended by PTI chief Imran Khan.
According to media reports, the capital’s police in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad have registered at least three cases against PTI leaders and workers for resisting law enforcement and damaging state property.
The allegations include setting fire to metro bus stations, but a visit to all four stations on Jinnah Avenue revealed that none of them were harmed.
The three cases have been registered at Kohsar police station and a total of 75 people were arrested, police said.
A total of 22 personnel were injured in the clashes, including 11 Islamabad police, nine Rangers and one each from FC and Punjab police, an Islamabad police official said.
In 3 separate incidents in Rawalpindi, a case was registered against more than 450 leaders of PTI and Awami Muslim League and 7 were arrested. Those who ignored the police warning to disperse.
Foot Constable Mohammad Farooq lodged a case with Waris Khan police at a gathering at Bohar Bazaar in Pindi, while Sadiqabad police in another FIR arrested 200 PTI workers for damaging public property and windows of metro bus stations. Nominated for breaking glass.
In the last three days, Punjab police has registered a total of 42 criminal cases against senior PTI leaders and workers across the province.
So far, 248 PTI leaders and activists have been arrested on various charges, including attacks on law enforcement agencies, of which 69 are from Lahore and 30 from Sialkot.
Punjab police data shows that 3 policemen were martyred on duty while 100 others were injured in the attacks of PTI workers, out of which 3 are in critical condition, 34 in Lahore, 48 in Attock and Nine personnel were injured in Sargodha, Mianwali, Rawalpindi, Jhelum and other cities.
On the other hand, PTI leaders in Punjab also claimed that dozens of party workers were injured due to police brutality.
An FIR was registered in Lahore, five in Sialkot, four in Rawalpindi and Sargodha, three in Mianwali, two in Attock and Jhelum and one in Chakwal, a police official said.
Police sources said that 34 FIRs have been registered against PTI leaders and activists in Karachi, the country’s largest city, for violating Section 144, so far 198 people have been arrested out of which only South There are 104 people from the zone.
At least one case has been registered against PTI lawmakers on terrorism charges following the violence at the exhibition square on Wednesday.
Soldier Bazaar SHO Waqar Azeem said the case was registered against PTI leader Ali Zaidi, Khurram Sher Zaman and other PTI assembly members and leaders, on charges of attempted murder, arson and terrorism. Are
According to the FIR, about 600 to 700 PTI workers arrived at the exhibition square on Wednesday and set themselves on fire. Police claimed that some of them were armed, while others attacked the law. Enforcers were attacked with sticks and stones.
A man named Azhar Ahmed was reportedly shot and wounded during an alleged firing by PTI supporters who also set fire to a police van, but no arrests have been made so far. ۔
PTI leader Ali Zaidi claimed on Wednesday night that two of his workers had been shot dead by police, but a police statement issued yesterday denied the allegations and said no one was killed during the violence.
A police statement said three policemen and two civilians were injured during a PTI protest in Karachi.
On the other hand, a local court released about 20 PTI workers who had been detained from the exhibition for violating section 144. The accused were produced before the Judicial Magistrate South and remanded for questioning. The petition, however, was opposed by the defense.
