The Islamabad police on Tuesday obtained arrest warrants for several senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders. According to media reports, the police got arrest warrants for many PTI leaders including Ghulam Sarwar Khan, Zulfi Bukhari Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker Wasiq Qayyum, Ali Amin Gandapur, Pervaiz Khattak and others. Ali Amin Gandapur and Pervaiz Khattak were already wanted by the Islamabad police in several other cases. The warrants were issued after PTI leaders blocked Lahore-Peshawar Motorway in the wake of an assassination attempt on party chief Imran Khan. Sources said that with the permission of the federal government, the Islamabad police, Rangers and FC could open the motorway. The capital police also wrote a letter to Interior Secretary and Commissioner Islamabad, seeking permissions to clear Lahore-Peshawar mMotorway. The Islamabad police, in the letter, stated that the routes to and from the airport are of utmost importance. "Articles 97/149 and 151 give police the right to protect the airport and its routes", the letter stated.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan-INP