LHC directs police to resolve Imran's security issue.

LAHORE -- The Lahore High Court on Monday directed superintendent (SP) security to resolve Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan's security issue in accordance with the law.

Justice Abid Aziz Sheikh made the remarks during the hearing on the former prime minister's plea seeking 'foolproof security and permission to mark his attendance into court's proceedings through video link' to avoid any incident after he survived an assassination attempt at Wazirabad last year.

For permission linked to video link appearance, Justice Sheikh directed the petitioner to approach the concerned court.

Imran had filed a petition through advocate Azhar Siddique. In previous proceedings, the court had directed Siddique to visit Imran's Zaman Park residence for the sake of satisfaction after a deadlock erupted between police high-ups and PTI's leadership over the deployment of security personnel.

Police told the court that sufficient police officials had been deployed at Zaman Park while the PTI's leadership argued that no security had been deployed.

They appeared before the court and said that 123 police officials had been deployed there while PTI's leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi differed from the version of the police, maintaining a lack of police security at the premises.

Sharing information from his credible sources, Imran contended in his petition that 'he would yet again be targeted during his exposure in the court hearings and appearances'.

The former prime minister submitted that his popularity in the political arena has become a cause of concern for his political adversaries who after the failure of several criminal cases have now resorted to the opinion of 'eliminating him altogether for the political...