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Party supporters attacks Imran Khan's house
Imran Khan’s home in Pakistan was attacked on Wednesday evening by members of his own political party angered by their failure to secure nominations for elections next month.
Protesters have been camped outside his villa, high on a hill overlooking Islamabad, for the past three weeks.
Party officials said the attack highlighted lapses in government security at a time when the Pakistan Taliban has carried out a string of assassinations in an attempt to derail May's general election.
Mr Khan, 60, whose party is poised to make a breakthrough, told The Daily Telegraph that his brother-in-law was beaten in the attack.“They managed to break through the gates. There were only two measly guards, who had no communications,” he said. “This gang could have done anything.”The crowd only dispersed when Mr Khan emerged to talk to them.
“7000 people wanted tickets, which we only gave to 700,” he said. “I understand the protest but breaking in is not the way to do things.”He demanded the resignation of the country’s caretaker interior minister – appointed for the duration of the election campaign – as well as the same level of security afforded the main opposition leader, Nawaz Sharif.The former cricket captain has spent the past two decades in the political wilderness, managing to win only one seat since founding his Movement for Justice.
In the past 18 months, however, his anti-corruption campaign and promise to overturn Pakistan’s stagnant politics has caught the imagination of a new generation of educated, urban voters, tired of the tiny feudal elite which dominates public life.
Although analysts believe he will fall well short of the number of seats needed to become prime minister, his party could become a significant force.The attack came a day after at least 17 people were killed and many more were injured by a suicide attack in Peshawar targeting leaders of the Awami National Party.The ruling Pakistan People’s Party has also received threats and officials say they have adopted a low-key approach to campaigning in order to protect Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the son and political heir to Benazir Bhutto.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...rty-supporters-attacks-Imran-Khans-house.html
Imran Khan’s home in Pakistan was attacked on Wednesday evening by members of his own political party angered by their failure to secure nominations for elections next month.
Protesters have been camped outside his villa, high on a hill overlooking Islamabad, for the past three weeks.
Party officials said the attack highlighted lapses in government security at a time when the Pakistan Taliban has carried out a string of assassinations in an attempt to derail May's general election.
Mr Khan, 60, whose party is poised to make a breakthrough, told The Daily Telegraph that his brother-in-law was beaten in the attack.“They managed to break through the gates. There were only two measly guards, who had no communications,” he said. “This gang could have done anything.”The crowd only dispersed when Mr Khan emerged to talk to them.
“7000 people wanted tickets, which we only gave to 700,” he said. “I understand the protest but breaking in is not the way to do things.”He demanded the resignation of the country’s caretaker interior minister – appointed for the duration of the election campaign – as well as the same level of security afforded the main opposition leader, Nawaz Sharif.The former cricket captain has spent the past two decades in the political wilderness, managing to win only one seat since founding his Movement for Justice.
In the past 18 months, however, his anti-corruption campaign and promise to overturn Pakistan’s stagnant politics has caught the imagination of a new generation of educated, urban voters, tired of the tiny feudal elite which dominates public life.
Although analysts believe he will fall well short of the number of seats needed to become prime minister, his party could become a significant force.The attack came a day after at least 17 people were killed and many more were injured by a suicide attack in Peshawar targeting leaders of the Awami National Party.The ruling Pakistan People’s Party has also received threats and officials say they have adopted a low-key approach to campaigning in order to protect Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the son and political heir to Benazir Bhutto.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...rty-supporters-attacks-Imran-Khans-house.html
