PTI to file cases against police officers over raid: Fawad

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhry said that the party will register cases against police officers involved in the “illegal operation and violence” during a raid to arrest former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in his Zaman Park residence in Lahore, Geo News reported. Former Punjab chief minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf president Chaudhry Parvez Elahi termed police raid at Zaman Park a grave violation of the Lahore High court orders and said that the police operation in Zaman Park was carried out on the direction of Maryam Nawaz and Rana Sanaullah. The PTI leadership has strongly condemned the “state terrorism” launched at the residence of party chairman Imran Khan which they said was “part of a London Plan to eliminate him”. Taking to his official Twitter handle, Fawad Chaudhry stated, “Today, a meeting of the legal team has been called. The way in which the police defied the Lahore High Court’s decision entering Imran Khan’s residence has trampled every rule of the home’s sanctity. [things were] stolen. [They] also took away juice boxes. Innocent people were subjected to torture.” In a tweet, Fawad Chaudhry wrote, “Defying court order is unforgivable. The high court should guard its judgment. Cases are being registered on all police officers who conducted illegal operations and were involved in violence,” according to Geo News report. He noted that all the incidents indicate an ongoing constitutional crisis in Pakistan. The statement of the senior PTI leader comes a day after the Punjab Police resumed operation at Imran Khan’s residence and arrested several party workers. The action of the police came after PTI Chairman Imran Khan left for the Islamabad Judicial Complex to appear before a court, as per the Geo News report. On March 18, Imran Khan also reacted to the police action at his residence on his official Twitter handle. PTI chairman tweeted, “Meanwhile Punjab police have led an assault on my house