Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that if the police come with a search warrant to carry out a search operation at his Zaman Park residence in Lahore, he will not resist the move, media reports said.
"I have just heard that 40 terrorists are hiding at my residence. Please do come here [but] in a civilised manner and don't attempt to storm my residence," he said while addressing his supporters from his Lahore residence on Wednesday, Geo News reported.
Earlier, the PTI chief had said in a tweet: "Probably my last tweet before my next arrest. Police has [sic] surrounded my house."
His statement came as the interim Punjab government has given a 24-hour deadline to the PTI to hand over the "30-40 terrorists that have taken refuge" at the former Prime Minister's Zaman Park residence to the police.
"PTI should handover these terrorists or the law will take its course," said caretaker Information Minister Aamir Mir while addressing a press conference in Lahore on Wednesday.
He also added that the government is aware about the presence of these "terrorists" as it has credible intelligence report, Geo News reported.
"The intelligence report that has come is very alarming," said Mir, adding that the agencies were able to confirm the presence of the "terrorists" in Zaman Park through geo-fencing.
Meanwhile, all the roads leading to Khan's Zaman Park residence have been blocked by the police, Dawn reported.
Video footage from the site showed a huge contingent of Punjab police outside the ex-premier's residence.
Addressing his party workers, Khan expressed fear that the country is heading towards the path of destruction.
All roads leading to Imran Khan's residence in Lahore blocked
All the roads leading to PTI Chairman Imran Khan's Zaman Park residence have been blocked by the police, media reported.
Video footage from the site showed a huge contingent of Punjab police outside the ex-premier's residence.
The Punjab police have reached outside PTI Chairman Imran Khan's Zaman Park residence to arrest him.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday claimed that the police have surrounded his house as he is addressing party workers via video link, The News reported.
Addressing his party workers, the deposed Pakistan Prime Minister feared that the country is heading towards the path of destruction.
Earlier, taking to Twitter the PTI chief said: "Probably my last tweet before my next arrest. Police has surrounded my house," The News reported.
In a major blow to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), former federal minister and close aide of party chairman Imran Khan, Aamer Mehmood Kiani, on Wednesday announced that he would be quitting politics after reports emerged that the party was involved in May 9 vandalism during which military installations were also attacked, The News reported.
"I am not only leaving PTI but also quitting politics," Kiani was quoted as saying by the TV channel.
The former health minister is the second PTI leader to jump ship after Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Mahmood Baqi Maulvi, The News reported.
Kiani was elected from the NA-16 constituency on a PTI ticket in 2018 and was considered a close aide of the PTI chief. He was also the former president of PTI's North Punjab chapter.
A day earlier, MNA Maulvi, who was elected on a PTI ticket from Karachi, announced that he was leaving the party following countrywide riots after party chairman Imran Khan's arrest.
Khan was arrested from the premises of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on May 9 by the rangers on the warrants of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). Following his arrest, the party's supporters wreaked havoc across the country and attacked military installations.
In a press conference on Tuesday, Maulvi announced to quit PTI. "We can change political parties but we cannot change our army. I have never gone against the army nor will I do it in the future," he stressed, The News reported.
He also shared that party workers had been discussing before May 9 that they would go to the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi in case Khan was arrested.
"I told them we should not fight against the army because there is no reason for it," Maulvi said.
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