LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has strongly condemned the police action against party president Ch. Pervaiz Elahi, terming it an illegal raid carried out by the police at his home with no regard for the presence of women and family members inside.
“Strongly condemn the illegal raid on Pervez Elahi’s home with no respect to the women & family mbrs present. We are seeing the dismantling of democracy in Pak before our eyes. There is no respect for Constitution, SC verdicts, or fundamental rights of the ppl – only law of jungle & fascism. All [is] part of London Plan to demoralise & crush PTI,” said the ex-premier in a tweet in the early hours on Saturday.
Imran Khan asserted that the Constitution, the Supreme Court’s verdicts, and the fundamental rights of the people are being disrespected and the law of the jungle is being imposed. He continued: “They attacked my house & now same [is] being done to Pervez Elahi by cabal of crooks & handlers.
Never seen such barbarism even in Musharraf’s martial law. Has the State dared to break into the homes of the looters & money laundering Sharif & Zardari families in this manner? Enough is enough. Tomorrow I will give [a] roadmap to our nation on how to stand up against this destruction of our Constitution & democracy”.
The Anti-Corruption Establishment team along with heavy contingent of Punjab Police on Friday night raided former Punjab Chief Minister and PTI President Ch. Pervaiz Elahi’s house in Lahore. At least 27 individuals, including the servants were arrested by the police during the raid.
The eight-hour-long police action came to a halt after DG Punjab’s Anti-Corruption Establishment Sohail Zafar Chattha left the scene along with the police contingent. The ACE team along with police led by the superintendent police (SP) Model Town raided Pervaiz Elahi’s house. A large number of senior lawyers were present at PTI president’s house at the time of the raid.
The police entered the house after scaling the wall while an armoured personnel carrier (APC) broke the main gate of the residence.
