Live updates: PTI protest at D Chowk

PML-N Punjab President Rana Sanaullah has said that PTI staged a “drama” about the disappearance of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur.

Terming the PTI “Fitna”, Sanaullah said that they wanted to hinder the country’s economic progress and sabotage the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa firebrand Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur dubbed Islamabad IG as the “government’s goon” and said he would have to fix all the things broken during the police raid at the KP House.

“KP House is the property of KP,” the CM said, adding that the official vehicles were damaged by the police officials. “We have the evidence,” he added.

“We will avenge our dishonour,” he announced.

Blasting the Islamabad IG for “attacking” and firing teargas shells at the KP House in the federal capital, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has said that the police chief will have to tender an apology at the floor of the assembly.

Addressing the provincial assembly, the firebrand chief minister dared the IG Islamabad to arrest him.

After a day long disappearance, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur resurfaced in the provincial assembly.       

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly has passed a resolution seeking measures to recover “missing” Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur.

The resolution, moved by Provincial Law Minister Aftab Alam, urged the speaker to seek reports from all the intelligence and other concerned institutions.

“Interior minister, KP governor should have informed the provincial government [about the matter],” read the resolution.

In light of the resolution, the KP speaker summoned IG, the chief secretary and CM’s principal secretary on Monday.

Rawalpindi police have registered yet another case against incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan in connection with the recent clashes between his party’s activists and the law enforcers.

A case has been filed against the PTI founder and 200-300 others under 13 provisions of the Pakistan Penal Code and Anti-Terrorism Act.

According to the FIR, the suspects at the behest of the PTI founder chanted slogans against the state and security institutions, damaged public property, violated Section 144 and interfered in government affairs.

PTI senior leader Asad Qaiser expressed severe concerns over ‘forcible disappearance’ of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur.

Talking to journalists flanked by Shandana Gulzar, the former NA speaker said: “It has never happened that the chief minister of a province has been forcibly disappeared.

He demanded the authorities to produce CM Gandapur. “It is not an attack on CM Gandapur but on the people of KP,” the PTI leader added.

He said that his party decided to continue their protest.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that no one will be allowed to destabilise Pakistan’s economy, and all the upcoming international events in Pakistan will take place as scheduled.

He made the remarks while talking to Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, who called on him in Lahore today.

The premier said the situation is rapidly returning to normalcy and the development of the economy and nation’s prosperity are the top priorities of his government.

He appreciated the interior minister, Islamabad administration, and Islamabad Police for maintaining law and order in the federal capital.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur spent less than 40 minutes in Islamabad’s KP House, sources in the Interior Ministry revealed.

A new CCTV footage circulating on social media shows CM Gandapur enters KP House at 3:24pm and exits at 4pm from the backdoor of the house.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government's spokesperson Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif has said that the “fake government” was spreading “false information” about the alleged disappearance of KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur.

In a statement, Barrister Saif said that the “fake government” shared a picture claiming that CM Gandapur had left the KP House. Referring to the photo, he clarified that the person exiting from the KP House was provincial minister Pakhtoon Yar Khan but not CM Gandapur.

He said that the federal government was telling lies about the incident.