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PTI claims raid on Hammad Azhar's residence
PTI alleges raid on Hammad Azhar’s residence and threatened his father.
Lahore: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party has made an assertion that the residence of their senior leader and former federal minister of economic affairs of Pakistan Hammad Azhar, was raided on Tuesday night at 8:30 pm.
In a tweet from the PTI Islamabad Twitter account, the party alleged that during the raid, Azhar's 82-year-old father was threatened, with a warning that his daughter would be taken away if his son did not surrender for arrest.
Turning to Twitter, the statement was released by PTI's official account: "The house of Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Hamad Azhar was raided again Her 82-year-old father was threatened that if his son did not arrest, his daughter would be taken away. Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is this the country for which sacrifices were made??? For the sake of self-interest, the funeral of the morals of this country has been carried out."