PM laments violence following Imran’s arrest

PM Shehbaz has lamented the violent protests that erupted following PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s arrest on May 9, saying that such scenes were not witnessed since the fall of Dhaka during 1973.

He recalled that even after the death of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto protests had erupted but no one “moved towards military installations”.

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