PM's nephew flees before police raid.

LAHORE -- Prime Minister Imran Khan's nephew Hassan Khan Niazi fled from his house in the provincial capital shortly before a police raid on Friday. Police sources said a special team, headed by a DSP-rank officer, raided the house of Hassan. 'But, he was not present there,' an official of the Investigation Wing said, requesting anonymity. The young lawyer is among 250 suspects who are wanted to the police in connection with the brazen assault on the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC). Police identified Hassan from the CCTV footage of the attack although his name was not mentioned in the FIRs. Hassan was leading a group of lawyers who attacked the hospital. A police investigator said that Hassan had also switched off his mobile phone, but police were using different methods to catch him. 'The police are actively working on this case,' he said. Hundreds of lawyers forced their entry into the largest cardiac hospital of the province on Wednesday, and allegedly...

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