Centre mulls move against GB chief minister.

GILGIT -- The federal government has decided to act against Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid Khan for allegedly using the region's police force and other resources to protect PTI Chairman Imran Khan from possible arrest, sources said on Saturday.

They said the federal government collected all evidence pointing to the use of GB police force and resources for the former premier's security.

Federal authorities, the sources said, were considering many options to act against the GB chief minister and his government.

When Dawn asked Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb about the development, she said the GB chief minister should resign.

Prime minister's adviser on Kashmir affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan, Qamar Zaman Kaira, also told Dawn that GB police officers were deployed at Mr Khan's Lahore home. Mr Kaira said cops from GB pointed guns at their Punjab counterparts during Tuesday's operation, an action he described as 'alarming and illegal'.

Khalid Khurshid allegedly used GB police to prevent Imran's arrest

'If GB police were guarding GB Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid Khan, why did they intervene in Punjab police work, who were there to arrest Imran Khan?' he wondered.

GB Governor Syed Mehdi Shah told Dawn the region's people would pay the cost of possible action against the CM. 'Gilgit-Baltistan is dependent on the federal government for funds and other resources,' he said.

Mr Shah said the federal government had all information regarding the use of the GB police force and it might chargesheet Mr Khurshid. However, he said the...