LHC to hear plea against Zaman Park operation

• LHC will hear plea against Zaman Park operation
• Justice Tariq Sheikh will hear the case filed by PTI chief
• Imran Khan said the operation was a contempt of court

Lahore High Court (LHC) will hear the petition filed by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) against the raid at the residence of Imran Khan in Zaman Park.

Justice Tariq Sheikh will hear the case against the police operation at the house of Imran Khan when the former prime minister left for Islamabad for a court hearing.

In a statement, Imran said the Lahore High Court is hearing our petition for contempt of court tomorrow.

“This is a very important matter because the future of respecting court orders by powerful circles will depend on this decision. Will continue to work on the same,” he said.

Earlier, PTI chief Imran Khan condemned the police raid on his residence in Zaman Park and vowed to raise the matter in courts.

In a series of tweets, the former prime minister announced taking legal action against the violation of the sanctity of the veil and the household.

“The assault on my house today was first of all a contempt of court,” he said, adding that police raided his house without a search warrant.

“We had agreed that an SP with one of our people would implement a search warrant because we knew otherwise they would plant stuff on their own, which they did,” he claimed.

Imran Khan questioned the authorities under which law they broke the gate, pull down trees and barged into the house. He said much worse, police raided his house after he left to present himself before the Islamabad court.

“Bushra bibi, a totally private non-political person, was alone in the house. This is a total violation of the Islamic principle of sanctity of chadar & char diwari [veil and walls],” Khan stated.

He said that the contempt issue, violation of the sanctity of the home and the violence against his workers and domestic staff will be raised in court.

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