Zaman Park raid: PTI to register cases against 'all police officers' defying court orders.

LAHORE -- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senior Vice-President Fawad Chaudhry Sunday said the party will get cases registered against police officers involved in the illegal operation and violence during raid to arrest Chairman Imran Khan in his Zaman Park residence in Lahore.

A day earlier, after the PTI chief left for the Islamabad Judicial Complex to appear before a court, the Punjab Police resumed an operation at his residence, broke into it and arrested several party workers.

Taking to Twitter, Fawad said that the party has summoned a meeting with its legal team.

"Today, a meeting of the legal team has been called. The way in which the police defied the Lahore High Court's decision entering Imran Khan's residence has trampled every rule of the home's sanctity. [things were] stolen. [They] also took away juice boxes. Innocent people were subjected to torture," he tweeted.

The party leader wrote that whatever happened in Islamabad, including all the incidents, are a reason for the ongoing constitutional crisis in the country.

"Defying court order is unforgivable. The high court should guard its judgment. Cases are being registered on all police officers who conducted illegal operations and were involved in violence," Fawad wrote on the microblogging site.

PTI workers booked in different cases

Around 102 PTI workers Sunday were booked on the police's complaint for attacking them during raid to at Chairman Imran Khan's Zaman Park residence in Lahore, police told Geo News.

The case was registered against the PTI workers under the 13 different provisions including terrorism and attempted murder.

The first information report stated that the police team entered the PTI chief's residence with a search warrant issued by an anti-terrorism court.

It added that 300 unknown workers attacked the police, as soon as talks began.

The workers, according to the FIR, were trying to throw petrol bombs which is when the police controlled them.

The FIR mentioned that rifles were recovered from Khan's residence during the search and that the party's workers attacked the police on their senior leadership's behest.

Meanwhile, the party's leaders and workers have also been booked in two different cases for attacking the Elite Force's van and torturing a policeman after they were returning from their Pakistan Super League (PSL) duties.

One case has been registered with Constable Shafiq, who was tortured by the workers, as the complainant. 'PTI's 40 workers...

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