MULTAN: Police raided the residence of senior politician Javed Hashmi on Thursday and arrested his son-in-law and servants.
Taking to social media site X, former twitter, Javed Hashmi said police raided his residence in Makhdoom Rashid area while the Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers convention was in progress and arrested the PTI candidate and his servants.
His son-in-law, Zahid, is a candidate from PP-220 Multan for PTI.
He said police entered the house by breaking the doors and tortured women as well. Police violated the sanctity of his house [chaddar aur chaar deewari] by forcefully entering the residence without a warrant and took his son-in-law and grandson into custody.
It is learnt that PTI leaders Mehr Bano Qureshi and Zain Qureshi were also scheduled to attend the workers’ convention.
Hashmi took to the micro-blogging website X (formerly Twitter), claiming that at least 20 police officials surrounded his house and broke down the doors.
However, police maintained that no individual was taken into custody during the raid.
The veteran leader earlier announced the withdrawal of his candidacy and pledged support to the local PTI candidate from NA-149 Multan.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had accepted Hashmi’s nomination papers for the upcoming general elections as an independent candidate from the NA-149 constituency.
Lates, speaking to the media, Hashmi said, “I am announcing my withdrawal as a candidate from the general elections on February 8 and joining the PTI fold with all my strength.”
.Hashmi also announced that he was not boycotting the elections, adding that now “I will ask for votes not for myself but for the PTI candidate” and added that instead of asking for votes, he would raise his voice.
Last month, Hashmi declared his support for Imran Khan and the embattled PTI.
