LONDON: Pakistan Tehrik Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan has asked his party workers in the UK to hold protests outside Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s flat here near Park Lane, but the elected body of PTI has stayed away from protests.
The clear split in the party came into open over the demonstration held outside Sharif family’s apartment on Sunday which was led by Sahibzada Jehangir, PTI leader’s friend and adviser.
In an email sent to a senior PTI activist on October 9, 2014, Imran Khan advised, when asked, if protests against Sharif’s family home should be held: “You should do the demo as his Mayfair flats have been bought by Pakistani taxpayers’ money.”
On the same date, Dr Humayun Mohmand, a senior PTI leader who looks after international affairs of the party, advised UK chapters in an email that it was PTI’s party policy to stage demonstrations against the Sharif family.
Police forming anti-riot unit
ISLAMABAD: Following the ongoing protests by Pakistan Tehrik Insaf of Imran Khan and Pakistan Awami Tehreek of Tahirul Qadri, the Islamabad police have decided to raise a properly trained and equipped Anti-Riot Unit (ARU).
Officials in the police and the interior ministry said yesterday that the law enforcement agencies had been asked to set up the ARU on the pattern of those in place in European countries and the US.
The ministry has approved the hiring of 2,000 personnel for the ARU, officials said, adding that the police were asked to complete the paper work, including the recruitment process, acquisition of equipment and vehicles for the unit.
5.5 magnitude quake jolts KP
Islamabad: An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale jolted parts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa early yesterday morning, according to Radio Pakistan.
Tremors were felt in Lower Director Kohistan, Mansehra and Battagram districts.
According to National Seismic Centre in Islamabad, the epicentre of the quake was 175 kilometre deep in Koh Hindokash region.
Earlier, 5.3 magnitude jolts were also felt during midnight last night with epicentre of Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region. AGENCIES
