Imran castigated for playing 'hide and seek' with police.

KARACHI -- After former prime minister Imran Khan dodged the arrest by the Islamabad police at his Zaman Park house in Lahore, the ruling collation came down hard on the PTI chairman, calling him a 'coward' for using supporters as a 'shield' to evade imprisonment.

While addressing a ceremony in Karachi, Foreign Minister and PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari used the opportunity to attack Imran Khan and criticised the media for its response to the episode. 'There are other huge challenges this nation is facing; from poverty to floods and terrorism, but the media is worried about one 'mouse' and whether he's at home or not,' the foreign minister said in harsh remarks.

PML-N Chief Organiser Maryam Nawaz took to social media and called out the PTI chief for his reluctance to surrender before the police. In a series of tweets, she brought up the 'courage' of her father Nawaz Sharif who was 'victimised' by the PTI government. 'Please lend some courage to Imran Khan,' she said in a tweet addressed to Nawaz Sharif. 'Despite being innocent, the lion [Nawaz] had the courage to return to Pakistan with his daughter [Maryam] and turned himself in. He never used women as a shield to save his skin,' Ms Nawaz said while referring to the decision of the PML-N supreme leader to come back to Pakistan following his conviction in a corruption case.

Maryam Nawaz also called on Imran Khan to be 'brave' and surrender to the police while criticising the PTI workers for their 'unruly behaviour'. She quipped Imran Khan 'should not panic'. 'Today...