LAHORE, June 24: The Punjab police have withdrawn security they had provided to Abdul Qadir Gilani, a member of the Punjab Assembly and son of former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.

Talking to Dawn on Sunday, Mr Qadir Gilani said the police had withdrawn the security despite the fact that I had received threats from extremists.

“I am writing to the Inspector General of Punjab Police, home secretary and the interior secretary in this regard,” he said. “I want to make it clear that if anything happens to me the Punjab government will be responsible for that.”

Nabila Ghazanfar, a spokesman for the IGP, said there were certain security protocol for the prime minister’s family.

“Now police are providing security to Yousuf Raza Gilani’s family in his capacity as the former prime minister,” she said.