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ISLAMABAD: The federal interior ministry has asked the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan governments to withdraw their security personnel deployed at Banigala residence, saying the Islamabad Police have not withdrawn security from Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
The ministry said that police of other provinces could not be requisitioned or deployed in Islamabad without prior approval of the interior ministry.
It said that police personnel of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Gilgit Baltistan (GB) have been deployed at the residence of Khan in Bani gala, a move which was contrary to rules and law. It added that reports were false that security has been withdrawn from Khan.
The statement clarified that as many 77 police personnel of Islamabad Police and eight of GB police under the supervision of superintendent of police have been deployed in Bani Gala for the security of chairman PTI. It also said that five police personnel were authorized for security of the former prime minister under the rules.
The ministry in a statement said that Khan was being provided security authorized to him as the former prime minister. It said that additional security, more than the authorized security, was being provided to the PTI chief keeping in view the security threat to him. “If needed, more security personnel would also be deployed for him.”