Iran Press/ Asia: After former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan was arrested in Islamabad on Tuesday in connection with a corruption case, the situation in Lahore and other Punjab cities became turbulent.
The supporters of former premier Imran Khan on Wednesday attacked the Lahore residence of Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, police said.
According to police, over 500 from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party reached the Model Town Lahore residence of the prime minister in the early hours of Wednesday and set ablaze vehicles parked over there.
“They also threw petrol bombs inside the premiere’s house,” a senior police officer of Punjab police told PTI on Wednesday.
The police official said only the guards were present at the prime minister’s house when the supporters of Imran Khan attacked. They also set on fire a police post there.
“As a heavy contingent of police reached there, the PTI protesters left,” he said.
Before reaching the prime minister’s residence, the mob attacked the ruling PML-N Secretariat in Model Town, torching the vehicles parked over there. They also put the barriers there on fire.
Police said that the protesters set on fire 14 government installations/buildings and 21 police vehicles in Punjab during the last two days — Tuesday and Wednesday. 219
