Pakistan’s Lahore City Police Officer (CCPO) Bilal Siddiqui Kamyana on Friday (May 19) claimed to have arrested six more terrorists fleeing from Zaman Park. After this, after the expiry of the given time limit, the total number of miscreants caught became 14.
The city’s police chief said four of them were named in the Askari Tower attack case, while the other two were involved in the vandalism at Jinnah House. The terrorist who was running away from Zaman Park was arrested.
The Punjab government on Wednesday (May 17) gave Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) 24 hours to hand over the terrorists or take action. However, the provincial authorities later decided to hold talks with PTI chief Imran Khan before launching the search operation. Following the instructions of Punjab’s acting Chief Minister Mohsim Naqvi, a meeting was held under the chairmanship of Lahore Commissioner Muhammad Ali Randhawa, in which it was decided to reach Zaman Park after Friday prayers for talks with PTI.
According to sources, the government team will reach Zaman Park on Friday (May 19) around 2 pm to discuss the search operation at PTI chief Imran Khan’s residence in Lahore with party representatives. Sources said that if both sides agree, a search team of 400 police personnel will go inside the house and search it, as Punjab’s interim information minister Aamir Mir gave PTI 24 hours to hand over 30-40 terrorists hiding in Zaman Park. The deadline has been given, which has ended a day ago. In view of this, the road between Mall Road and Dharmapura in Lahore has been closed by the police, while all roads leading to Zaman Park have been closed. A cash reward has also been announced for those who identify the accused.
