ISLAMABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) chief minister Ali Amin Gandapur ’s whereabouts remained unknown on Sunday, a day after he mysteriously went missing from Islamabad, where he led a massive rally of Pashtun supporters of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI).
Hundreds of Khan’s supporters had arrived in Islamabad from various parts of the country on Friday to participate in a protest at D-Chowk, in front of the parliament building. Gandapur’s rally joined the protesters on Saturday. He then left the party workers and moved to the nearby KP official guest house, from where he “disappeared,” sparking rumours about his arrest.
The KP govt Sunday approached Peshawar high court against the disappearance of Gandapur, Geo News reported. KP advocate general Shah Faisal said that a writ petition had been prepared and the court would be requested to take it up.
Home minister Mohsin Naqvi denied PTI’s allegations that the CM had been abducted by police or intelligence agencies. “Ali Amin Gandapur is neither in our ( Islamabad police ) custody nor in the custody of any other Pakistani institution,” Naqvi said, adding that police had conducted three raids at various locations on Saturday night where they suspected Gandapur might be.
“He was not found there. We still have blockades at certain points in the city and are actively searching for him,” Naqvi said.
He told reporters he had pictures of Gandapur fleeing from the main door of one of the locations police raided last night to apprehend him. “He himself is on the run, and I don’t know why. But if he is in Islamabad territory, police will deal with him as per the law, as they are definitely searching for him,” Naqvi said.
In Peshawar, the provincial capital, a large number of PTI supporters staged a protest outside KP assembly for Gandapur’s release. Meanwhile, a fresh police case was filed against Khan and 104 of his PTI members on Sunday after a police constable, injured during last night’s protest in the federal capital, succumbed to his wounds. Charges of terrorism, attempted murder, kidnapping, interference in state affairs, and assault on police personnel were framed against them.
Islamabad police reported that constable Abdul Hameed Shah passed away while receiving treatment in the hospital. “Miscreants kept torturing police constable Shah after abducting him. Protesters who had entered Islamabad with the KP CM have left. No protesters are currently in Islamabad, and the roads are partially open,” police spokesperson Muhammad Taqi Jawad said.
Home minister said that 564 individuals were arrested, including 120 Afghan nationals and 11 KP police personnel. He noted that 31 Islamabad police and 75 Punjab police personnel were injured but they had not opened fire on the protesters, in line with the govt’s policy to avoid loss of life.
Naqvi said he had ordered a high-level inquiry into how a provincial police force became involved in the protest and “attacked other police officers,” adding that “this has happened for the first time in Pakistan.”
Hundreds of Khan’s supporters had arrived in Islamabad from various parts of the country on Friday to participate in a protest at D-Chowk, in front of the parliament building. Gandapur’s rally joined the protesters on Saturday. He then left the party workers and moved to the nearby KP official guest house, from where he “disappeared,” sparking rumours about his arrest.
The KP govt Sunday approached Peshawar high court against the disappearance of Gandapur, Geo News reported. KP advocate general Shah Faisal said that a writ petition had been prepared and the court would be requested to take it up.
Home minister Mohsin Naqvi denied PTI’s allegations that the CM had been abducted by police or intelligence agencies. “Ali Amin Gandapur is neither in our ( Islamabad police ) custody nor in the custody of any other Pakistani institution,” Naqvi said, adding that police had conducted three raids at various locations on Saturday night where they suspected Gandapur might be.
“He was not found there. We still have blockades at certain points in the city and are actively searching for him,” Naqvi said.
He told reporters he had pictures of Gandapur fleeing from the main door of one of the locations police raided last night to apprehend him. “He himself is on the run, and I don’t know why. But if he is in Islamabad territory, police will deal with him as per the law, as they are definitely searching for him,” Naqvi said.
In Peshawar, the provincial capital, a large number of PTI supporters staged a protest outside KP assembly for Gandapur’s release. Meanwhile, a fresh police case was filed against Khan and 104 of his PTI members on Sunday after a police constable, injured during last night’s protest in the federal capital, succumbed to his wounds. Charges of terrorism, attempted murder, kidnapping, interference in state affairs, and assault on police personnel were framed against them.
Islamabad police reported that constable Abdul Hameed Shah passed away while receiving treatment in the hospital. “Miscreants kept torturing police constable Shah after abducting him. Protesters who had entered Islamabad with the KP CM have left. No protesters are currently in Islamabad, and the roads are partially open,” police spokesperson Muhammad Taqi Jawad said.
Home minister said that 564 individuals were arrested, including 120 Afghan nationals and 11 KP police personnel. He noted that 31 Islamabad police and 75 Punjab police personnel were injured but they had not opened fire on the protesters, in line with the govt’s policy to avoid loss of life.
Naqvi said he had ordered a high-level inquiry into how a provincial police force became involved in the protest and “attacked other police officers,” adding that “this has happened for the first time in Pakistan.”
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