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- July 8, 2024
- Kainat Shakeel
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ISLAMABAD: Omar Ayub, the Opposition Leader in the National Assembly and Secretary General of the Pakistan Terrorism Initiative (PTI) managed to avoid arrest on Sunday during a joint Islamabad and Mianwali police raid on his Sector F-10 apartment. The search came about after an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Sargodha issued arrest warrants for Ayub. According to a handout from the Mianwali police, the opposition leader had not been arrested; rather, the assistant sub-inspector (ASI) had just gone to the residence to serve the warrants that could be obtained with bail.
Following the raid, the PTI leader went into hiding and blasted the government for being so “desperate” to get him. “ATC Sargodha issued bailable arrest warrants for me, but a few minutes ago, teams from Islamabad and Mianwali police came to my Islamabad house to arrest me,” he wrote on social media.
The PTI leader posted on X, stating that their fight would not end until Imran Khan returned to power and that “the federal government, Punjab government, and agencies must be very desperate to arrest the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly.” The Mianwali and Islamabad police officers searched Mr. Ayub’s home, according to PTI spokesman Raoof Hasan, who was speaking to Dawn.
“While some of the police officers were dressed in uniform, others were not… He claimed, “Thankfully, the PTI secretary general wasn’t at home, and Omar Ayub was in a secure area. Mr. Hasan added that the police had not requested the speaker of the National Assembly’s prior authorization before conducting the operation to apprehend the legislator.
The PTI spokesperson stated that the raid was carried out concerning a case involving terrorism. Arrest warrants had been issued for him by the ATC Sargodha. It should be mentioned that Mr. Ayub submitted his resignation as secretary-general last month, but the party rejected it, thus he is still serving in that capacity.