Sanaullah threatens Imran, PTI workers with stern action if by-polls’ proceeding disturbed

Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Saturday warned Imran Khan and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers against disrupting the proceeding of by-polls in Punjab, saying “law will take its due course if anyone tries to sabotage the writ of the state by indulging in unlawful activities.”

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“Imran Khan Niazi and PTI must restrain from disrupting the peaceful proceedings of tomorrow’s by-election by inciting riots or violence,” he said in a news statement.
He issued a clear warning that nobody would be allowed to sabotage the writ of the state.
He believed that Imran Khan would resort to anarchy as the defeat of PTI candidates in the by-polls seemed imminent and inevitable.

Any incident like Daska by-poll would be dealt strictly, said Sanaullah who advised Imran’s supporters to abstain from taking the law into hands.

The minister said there were reports that the PTI had brought more than 500 armed persons to Punjab to create a law and order situation on the occasion of by-election.
He alleged that the rioters were given shelter by the senior PTI leaders including Parvez Khattak, Asad Qaiser Ali Mohammad Khan, and Murad Saeed.

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Sanaullah termed the PTI’s request to appoint polling agents outside the constituency a conspiracy which was aimed at disrupting the electoral.

He said that the government would not allow those, who looted the people during the last four years, to steal the mandate of the people from 20 constituencies in the by-polls.