There was an uproar in the Parliament of Pakistan when Islamabad Police arrested 19 people, including JUI-F MNA Salahuddin Ayubi and Maulana Jamal-ud-Din, as part of an operation inside the Parliament Lodge. The police claimed that they took this action after members of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam’s uniformed volunteer force Ansarul Islam infiltrated the Parliament Lodge.
Islamabad’s Inspector General of Police Muhammad Ahsan Yunus has defended the action inside the lodge. The operation was led by the Inspector General of Police of Islamabad himself.
Let us let you know that after the no-confidence motion against the Imran Khan government in Pakistan, the political excitement has increased. After the arrest of an MP of Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman’s party on Thursday, the opposition has declared war against the government.
At the same time, according to media reports, Home Minister Sheikh Rashid alleged that Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam had deliberately infiltrated members of Ansarul Islam in the Parliament Lodge. He said that these people were hiding inside the lodge. We wanted the matter to be resolved peacefully, but they beat up the police officers and locked them up.
They did not hand over the members of Ansarul Islam to us. Sheikh Rashid said that we are also trying to prevent others like him from entering Parliament.
At the same time, in the midst of a growing political crisis in Pakistan, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday rejected the idea that the country’s army was supporting the opposition. Chaudhry claimed that the armed forces stand with the Imran Khan government of Pakistan. Chaudhary told this to the media. His statement came days after opposition parties moved a no-confidence motion in the National Assembly to remove Khan from the post.
Chowdhury was asked whether the opposition parties pressing for Khan’s removal have the support of the army. He said on this, “In our constitutional system, the army stands with the government… the army has to abide by the constitution, and it will continue to follow the constitution.”
The army, which has ruled the country for more than half of Pakistan’s 73-year history, has dominated matters of security and foreign policy. Khan is heading a coalition government and may have to step down as prime minister if some parties in the coalition decide to remove him. This is not unusual in a parliamentary democracy in Pakistan.