Political instability has increased after Imran Khan, the leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), was dramatically detained; Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab have called in the army as a result of the violence that has left four people dead and hospitals damaged in Peshawar. There have been several people sent in relation to the rioting wound.
The government claimed that PTI activists attacked significant government structures and harmed both personal and official vehicles. This cannot be condoned, according to Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal, who added that the law will follow its due course. “The PTI rank and file planned these violent attacks; they were not the result of any popular movement.”
The order has been issued by the Federal Ministry of Interior stated: “Pursuant to the request made by the Home Department Government of Punjab, vide their letter No.SO(IS-II)3-15/2023 (Security) (1) Dated 9 May 2023, the federal government in excise of powers conferred under article 245 of the constitution and Section 4 (3) (ii) of the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997, (to discharge such functions as specified in the said act), is pleased to authorise the deployment of Pakistan Army troops/assets for maintaining law and order situations across the Punjab province in aid of civil power.”
