Pakistan’s Punjab govt gives Imran Khan 24-hour deadline to handover ‘terrorists’

Lahore: The interim government in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Wednesday claimed that some ’30 to 40′ terrorists are hiding at the Lahore residence of former prime minister Imran Khan, giving him an ultimatum of 24 hours to hand them over or face stern action.
The police in March had stormed the Zaman Park residence of Khan to arrest him but strong resistance of his party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, workers thwarted that plan.
“We have received an intelligence report that some 30 to 40 terrorists who were involved in attacking the military installations, especially Lahore Corps Commander House on May 9, are hiding at Zaman Park residence of Imran Khan. We give an ultimatum of 24 hours to Khan and his party to hand them over to police or face stern action,” Punjab’s caretaker information minister Amir Mir said at a press conference.
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Referring to the May 9 protesters as ‘terrorists’, Mir said the government was aware of their presence at Khan’s Zaman Park residence as it had credible intelligence reports.
“The intelligence report that has come is very alarming,” Mir said, adding that the agencies were able to confirm the presence of the “terrorists” in Zaman Park through geo-fencing.