Islamabad police launches operation inside Parliament Lodges

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad police started an operation to oust the volunteers of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl’s (JUI-F) Ansarul Islam Force from the Parliament Lodges, media reported on Thursday.

Following the directives of the deputy inspector general (DIG), police personnel started an operation to remove Ansarul Islam volunteers from the Parliament Lodges.

Police officials and some National Assembly (NA) lawmakers came face-to-face after the higher authorities took the decision to oust remove the JUI-F volunteers.

According to reports, police started arresting the JUI-F volunteers. A prison van was brought to the Parliament Lodges prior to the commencement of the police operation.

It was learnt that MNA Salahuddin Ayubi and Senator Kamran Murtaza were also taken into custody, whereas, the authorities rejected reports regarding the arrest of any lawmaker.

Officials said that only those persons are being arrested by the cops who are resisting the operation to oust Ansarul Islam volunteers.

Sheikh Rasheed

Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed said in a statement that police tried to resolve the matter via talks but they did not obey the orders.

He said that national security is the top priority of the federal government. Rasheed added that a terror threat was already issued in Islamabad.

The interior minister, while talking to a news channel today, criticised that the opposition party was using the tactics after failing to get the support of the required number of lawmakers for the no-confidence motion.

He said that big events are going to be held in Islamabad in the coming day. Sheikh Rasheed requested the opposition parties not to repeat such mistakes.