As soon as the news of Jan's arrest broke out, #ReleaseSiddiqueJan became the top trend on Twitter in Pakistan. PTI leaders have also expressed solidarity with Siddique Jan while criticizing the government for the crackdown against journalists.
"PTI's disgusting smear campaign against Chief of the Army Staff General Asim Munir at the behest of Imran Niazi is deserving of the strongest condemnation," PM Shehbaz said on Twitter.
According to the details, police arrested Hassaan from outside of the G11 judicial complex moments after he got bail. PTI leaders are terming the arrest of Hassaan Niazi as an ‘abduction’.
While recalling incidents of police personnel being attacked and looted during the Zaman Park operation, Mohsin Naqvi asserted that the writ of the state needs to be maintained.
The former federal minister said one of his guards got injured, while two others went missing along with his security vehicles. Ali Amin Gandapur alleged that the attack was from Punjab police.
IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq also instructed the Islamabad district and sessions court and capital police to provide adequate security to Imran Khan.
The bomber who carried out the attack is known as ‘Qari’ in the TTP circles. Ghaffar aka Salman was the mastermind of the suicide attack, who was in contact with the suicide bomber “Qari”.
Imran Khan will appear in LHC after 2 pm. Meanwhile, PTI workers have also been directed to reach Zaman Park before Imran Khan's departure so that they can accompany him.
The report of the Army receiving the land has sparked criticism on social media, however, military sources clarified to the media that the army was “not taking over the ownership of the land".
Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb had claimed that a “Gilgit-Baltistan force” was being used to attack Punjab police “who are trying to implement court orders to detain Imran Khan.”
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan appreciated the detailed statement released by SCBAP condemning the use of excessive force by law enforcement agencies and thanked them for upholding the Constitution and rule of law.