The federal government has announced that it would deploy Punjab Rangers and the Frontier Corps on the day of the vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Imran Khan to protect the Parliament Lodges, Parliament House, and the old MNA House.
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid made the announcement in the wake of an incident on Thursday night in which a volunteer force of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) had entered the Parliament Lodges to 'provide security' to opposition lawmakers. Police also arrived at the scene and arrested at least four legislators and two dozen volunteers in the operation.
The interior minister termed the JUI-F volunteer force Ansarul Islam a 'militia' and said that he had directed the chief secretary and the police chief of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) to ensure that members of the group did not reach Islamabad in uniforms. He said that no one would be allowed to take the law into their own hands and that if the opposition needs security, they should ask the government for it.
Discussing the police clash with JUI-F members further, Rashid said six police officials were injured and another six were suspended over negligence.
He claimed that JUI-F leader Kamran Murtaza had used 'filthy language' towards the police. He added that although no case had been registered against any JUI-F workers, the government would not be as 'considerate' next time.
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid made the announcement in the wake of an incident on Thursday night in which a volunteer force of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) had entered the Parliament Lodges to 'provide security' to opposition lawmakers. Police also arrived at the scene and arrested at least four legislators and two dozen volunteers in the operation.
The interior minister termed the JUI-F volunteer force Ansarul Islam a 'militia' and said that he had directed the chief secretary and the police chief of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) to ensure that members of the group did not reach Islamabad in uniforms. He said that no one would be allowed to take the law into their own hands and that if the opposition needs security, they should ask the government for it.
Discussing the police clash with JUI-F members further, Rashid said six police officials were injured and another six were suspended over negligence.
He claimed that JUI-F leader Kamran Murtaza had used 'filthy language' towards the police. He added that although no case had been registered against any JUI-F workers, the government would not be as 'considerate' next time.