Shujaat slams Punjab police action at his house, calls it 'unacceptable'

Pakistan

He calls on authorities to bring to light those responsible for the attack

01 May,2023 08:25 pm

LAHORE (Dunya News) – Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain expressed his opinion over the raid at his residence carried out by the Punjab police and called the operation ‘intolerable’.

He said the police went to the house of Parvez Elahi but they were told that Mr Elahi was in the house Chaudhry Shujaat’s residence.

Then, Mr Shujaat added, the police carried a raid at his house and his two sons got injured in the operation. Chaudhry Salik Hussain’s hand was stitched due to injuries, he said.

The PML-Q president said the police came to arrest Mr Elahi regarding corruption of billion of rupees in Gujrat’s projects and claimed neither he nor his sons had anything to do with the case.

He stressed that the method of operation at his outside was unacceptable adding those involved should be held responsible.

He said he did not want to go in details of the operation at this time as the country was already looking for stability.

“Looking at the current circumstances of the country, I don’t want to say anything that could further deteriorate the situation at the national level. Pakistan is engulfed in many problems and some people want to exploit this issue to worsen matters,” he said.

A police and ACE raiding team had conducted a raid at Elahi’s Gulberg residence, late on Friday night, and arrested 12 people.

The raiding party used an armoured vehicle to break open the main gate of the residence after facing resistance. However, the ACE team could not find Elahi, even after thoroughly searching the house.

Also, Punjab caretaker CM Mohsin Naqvi that no illegal will be allowed by anyone.