LAHORE: The PML-N on Tuesday celebrated the arrest of PTI chief Imran Khan.

PML-N Lahore president Saiful Malook Khok­har held a celebration at his Khokhar Palace in Jauhar Town. He organised the event at the time when PTI supporters were holding demonstrations in several parts of the city.

Khokhar and other party workers distributed sweets and termed Imran Khan’s arrest a good omen for the country’s politics.

In another event, PML-N’s Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman held a ceremony at the party office and distributed sweets among the participants.

Minister of State for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Faisal Karim Kundi, while reacting to Imran Khan’s arrest on Tuesday, said the PPP believed in the equality of all before the law, according to APP.

PPP leader says party believes in equality of all before law

Talking to a private news channel, he said that if Imran Khan believed that he was innocent, he should pursue legal ways to prove it.

Federal Minister for Climate Change and PPP leader Sherry Rehman berated Imran Khan for levelling concocted accusations against senior military and intelligence officers. In a series of tweets, the minister said PTI chief’s accusations against serving military and intelligence agency officials were regrettable and condemnable.

Reacting to the arrest of Imran Khan, Jamaat-i-Islami Emir Sirajul Haq said that no one was above the law. However, the JI has a clear stance that the political victimisation in the name of accountability was unjustified and unfair.

The JI, he said, deman­ded across the board accountability. He also expressed doubt about the continuation of dialogue among political parties on elections after the arrest of PTI chairman Imran Khan. He said the political environment has become tense after Khan’s arrest.

The NAB, he said, had already lost credibility and there was a dire need for not repeating the past mistakes of targeting people or political leaders without any credible proof of corruption or malpractices.

Published in Dawn, May 10th, 2023