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PML leader arrested for thrashing AEC
Bureau Report
LAHORE—The Kasur police, acting under the explicit orders of the Chief
Election Commissioner Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar, arrested a Punjab
Parliamentary Secretary and 8 others on Monday for thrashing an
Assistant Election Commissioner.
The Inspector General of Police Punjab, Zia Ul Hassan Khan, informed the
Chief Election Commissioner here during a high level meeting held to
review the election arrangements that the Parliamentary Secretary,
Government of Punjab, Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan, his cousin Malik Ejaz
Ahmad Khan and other seven of his accomplices involved in the ugly
mishap have been arrested under anti-terrorism act 1997.
Home Secretary, Punjab, Hassan Wasim Afzal, DCO and DPO Kasur informed
the Chief Election Commissioner about facts of the incident and
immediate arrest made by the Police in compliance with his express
orders.
The IGP informed that Chief Minister Punjab, Chaudhary Pervaiz Elahi,
has also taken serious note of this mishap and directed exemplary
punishment to the accused irrespective of their social status.
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