Javed Hashmi claims home raided forward of PTI’s conference in Multan

Javed Hashmi mentioned 20 Punjab Police officers surrounded his ‘Makhdoom Rasheed’ residence at 1:00am and “illegally entered with out a warrant”, violating the sanctity of the home. The PTI staff’ conference was scheduled to be held on the residence the place the raid occurred, in response to the senior politician.

“My son-in-law Shahid Bahar Hashmi and grandson Qasim Hashmi have been taken into unlawful custody,” he wrote on his X account. All workers had been arrested, he added.

He claimed that police entered his home by breaking the doorways.

Javed additionally apprised that PTI candidates and kids of incarcerated PTI chief Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Meher Bano Qureshi and Zain Qureshi, additionally needed to attend the conference.

Regardless of the raid, a detailed relative of the senior politician, Makhdoom Zahid Bahar Hashmi mentioned the employees’ conference would happen at Hashmi’s residence and the candidate for NA-151 constituency Meher Bano would additionally attend it.

Javed Hashmi withdraws in PTI’s favour

Javed had on January 22 introduced stepping out of the election race and withdrawing in favour of PTI-backed Aamir Dogar, who will contest the February 8 polls from NA-149 constituency.

“I’m throwing my political weight behind the Tehreek-e-Insaf and Imran Khan and withdrawing from the elections,” Hashmi, who remained related to the PTI and its arch-rival Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), had mentioned in a submit on X, previously Twitter.

The seasoned politician was set to contest the polls from Multan’s constituency as an unbiased candidate, and his withdrawal would possibly assist the PTI, whose candidates are additionally contesting on totally different symbols after they have been disadvantaged of their iconic ‘bat’ image.

Hashmi had gained twice from NA-149 in 2008 on the PML-N’s ticket and in 2013 on the PTI ticket. Nevertheless, after leaving the PTI, he relinquished the seat and in a by-election in 2014, Dogar defeated him. In 2018 as properly, he had determined towards working in elections.

Whereas he has shut ties with the PML-N, Hashmi had mentioned he stood with the incarcerated PTI founder as he and his celebration have been going through testing instances. “When Imran Khan was the ‘blue-eyed boy’, I stood by Nawaz Sharif.”

The senior politician had mentioned the cipher case towards high PTI leaders — Khan and Shah Mahmood Qureshi — was baseless. “I do know Shah Mahmood Qureshi; he’s not a traitor.”

Qureshi and Khan are behind bars within the cipher case, with the prosecution alleging that the PTI leaders used the key doc for political features.