Imran using party men as 'shield' to avoid arrest: Fazl.

ISLAMABAD -- Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazalur Rehman on Wednesday said Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Imran Khan had been using his workers to escape arrest.

Speaking at a press conference, Maulana Fazl, who is also the head of ruling Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), said Imran was being surrounded by trained rioters and not by simple party workers. 'These troublemakers must be arrested and be presented before the court of law,' he said while talking about the government-PTI stand-off in Zaman Park at Lahore, where Imran Khan's family house is located.

Maulana Fazl said Mr Khan was working on an international agenda of breaking Pakistan. 'Today a statement of CIA representative Zalmay Khalilzad in favour of Imran Khan is an evidence that he (Imran) was creating unrest in the country on others' agenda,' he added.

The JUI-F chief urged the state that it should take its course and use all it resources to foil Imran's agenda. 'The state must establish its writ and ensure Imran's arrest for the 'crimes he committed during his tenure,' he added.

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He said the former premier was a 'coward', who not only used his party workers as a shield, but also made them stand against the state. The state must establish its writ and ensure Imran's arrest for the 'crimes he committed during his tenure', Maulana Fazl asserted.

He said many political leaders were arrested during the tenure of Imran's government...