PTI demands removal of Punjab police chief.

LAHORE -- Thursday's gun attack on the PTI chief Imran Khan and other party leaders at Wazirabad has laid bare the inadequate security arrangements taken by the Punjab police for the much-hyped mega political event which had visible security threats from the day it started from Lahore last week. The presence of armed men around Imran Khan's container carrying PTI's top leadership has also raised questions about the professional competence of the Punjab police which had deployed over 2100 policemen to provide security to the participants of the protest march. Even more worrisome is the fact that police did not take adequate security measures despite having prior information of a possible murder attack on the PTI chairman and other party leaders. A day before, a local PTI leader Ahmad Hussain Chatha had informed the concerned DPO and the district administration about an intelligence information leading to an anticipated assassination attempt on the life of PTI chairman. Senior PTI leader Ejaz Ahmad Ch had shared this information with Mr Chatha though the latter had also claimed to have got such information in a conversation with the former. Ejaz Ch had confirmed to The Nation on Thursday that this information sharing took place between him and Hussain Chatha on Wednesday...

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