Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: PTI leaders and officials from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have retracted claims about Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur’s arrest, but say that Rangers personnel are still present in Islamabad’s KP House.
They earlier claimed that Rangers personnel “forcefully entered” KP House to arrest CM Gandapur after he arrived in the capital to become a part of his party’s protest.
However, KP government spokesperson Barrister Muhammad Saif subsequently said in a statement on X: “The KP CM has not been formally arrested, a heavy contingent of Rangers and police are present at the KP House. The KP CM is on bail till October 25. If arrested, it will be an insult to the mandate of the people of KP, the fake government will have to answer for such unconstitutional and illegal actions.”The PTI, which also plans to hold a protest in Lahore, earlier claimed in a post on X, saying: “Rangers have forcefully entered KP House and launched an aggressive attack in an attempt to arrest CM KP Ali Amin Gandapur.
“This blatant abuse of power is deeply shameful, raising serious concerns about the state of lawlessness in Pakistan.
“After failing to stop the public from reaching Islamabad, they have now resorted to arresting a sitting chief minister of a province.
“Those in key institutions are determined to push the country towards anarchy, solely to retain their illegitimate power, without realising the irreparable damage they are inflicting on Pakistan.”
