Unaware of Gandapur’s whereabouts after LEAs entered KP Home: prime aide

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur gestures as he speaks at a presser in Peshawar on April 22, 2024. — X/@GovernmentKP
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur gestures as he speaks at a presser in Peshawar on April 22, 2024. — X/@GovernmentKP

Absence of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister grew to become a thriller amid the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) protests in Islamabad as his aide Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif stated that he was unaware of Ali Amin Gandapur’s whereabouts after regulation enforcers entered KP Home earlier as we speak.

Adviser to KP CM on Data Saif, talking to Geo Information programme “Naya Pakistan” on Saturday, claimed that CM Gandapur was accompanied by his employees when Rangers personnel entered the KP Home in Islamabad.

“We might have identified if Ali Amin Gandapur departed for Peshawar [from Islamabad],” he stated, including: “[…] nobody has been in a position to contact the chief minister to date.” He confirmed that the KP chief government had reached KP Home after leaving motorway.

He additionally confirmed that he had a dialog with the chief minister through satellite tv for pc cellphone at 8am as we speak, nevertheless, his whereabouts are unknown as of now.

Commenting on speculations concerning Gandapur’s potential arrest, Saif stated that it will be a contempt of courtroom because the Peshawar Excessive Court docket (PHC) granted bail to the KP CM.

He added that every one elected representatives have exemptions below Article 248 of the Structure.

It’s noteworthy to say right here that heavy contingents of police and Rangers entered the KP Home within the federal capital earlier as we speak after CM Gandapur reached Islamabad and went to the residence of the provincial authorities.

Nonetheless, sources nearer to the federal government rejected the stories in regards to the KP chief minister’s arrest by regulation enforcers.

Defending the main opposition celebration’s ongoing protests, the KP authorities official stated that each citizen reserved the suitable to carry demonstration in accordance with the Structure.

Regulation and order scenario of Islamabad stays precarious because the Imran Khan-founded celebration tried to stage a protest at D-Chowk amid the imposition of Part 144 (which bars political actions and gatherings) within the twin cities to make sure safety, forward of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s assembly.

The opposition celebration initiated a sequence of protests for the independence of judiciary and the discharge of its founder Imran, who has been incarcerated at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail for greater than a 12 months.

Clashes additionally broke out between the regulation enforcers and celebration employees, with either side claiming that the opposite had attacked them.

Police fired tear gasoline on the protesters on Saturday within the capital in addition to the convoys tried to enter Islamabad, whereas the employees used slingshots to hit the regulation enforcers.

The PTI’s protests entered the second day in Islamabad whereas it additionally began in Lahore, badly affecting the routine life as a consequence of blockade of roads, police-protesters’ clashes, and suspension of metro providers.

Citing the tense scenario, the Islamabad Excessive Court docket (IHC) ordered the native authorities earlier as we speak to allocate a delegated place to the PTI for organising its demonstration and to cease any illegal protest within the federal capital that create scenario of lockdown or disrupt peace throughout the interval of SCO summit.

The directives have been issued by IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq by a three-page order after listening to the petition filed by Merchants Welfare Affiliation President Raja Hassan Akhtar, who sought the courtroom’s order to cease the continued protest in Islamabad.

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