PTI MNA Barrister Gohar Ali has condemned a raid on the Quetta residence of Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai, who is also their presidential candidate, in the “strongest terms”. On the other hand the Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) strongly condemned a raid conducted on Sunday by the Quetta administration, which claimed to have recovered a piece of government-owned land “illegally occupied” by the party’s chairman, Mahmood Khan Achakzai, the presidential candidate contesting against PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari. The party alleged that the raid was conducted at Achakzai’s residence and was a reaction of “state institutions” after a speech Achakzai recently delivered in the National Assembly. However, Quetta Deputy Commissioner Saad Asad said earlier on Sunday that the raid was conducted to reclaim a piece of land located near Achakzai’s residence. Asad alleged that the reclaimed land, having an area of 2.5 kanals and encircled with a boundary wall, was illegally occupied by the PkMAP chief.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)