Rs200,000 reward for informants of Jinnah House attackers
Pakistan
Identity of informants to be kept anonymous
(Web Desk) - In another turn of events, the Punjab Home Department on Saturday announced that it would give Rs200,000 as bounty to a person who would help the authorities track down the attackers of the Corps Commander House in Lahore.
The department also shared the photos of the hooligans and asked the public for support, adding that the identity of the informants would not be revealed.
Violent protests shook the country following the arrest of PTI chief Imran Khan and clashes took between the party workers and security personnel in which several people were killed and others injured.
Earlier, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif directed the Punjab government to move swiftly and arrest the vandals in three days.
"I have given law-enforcement apparatus a target of 72 hours to arrest all those involved in facilitating, abetting and perpetrating the disgraceful incidents of arson, ransacking, sabotage & damaging public & private properties,” the PM said after chairing a meeting at the Punjab Safe Cities Authority Headquarters in Lahore.
