<p>Police in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Thursday registered a case against Federal Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on charges of terrorism and “threatening the judiciary and government officials.”</p>.<p>Former Federal Minister Moonis Elahi, who is the son of Punjab province Chief Minister Parvez Elahi, termed the move a tit-for-tat response to the federal government’s “illegal” actions against former Prime Minister Imran Khan.</p>.<p>“You (Sanaullah) make false cases against our (former) prime minister Imran Khan. Now the people of Pakistan have made a genuine case against you. You will soon be arrested,” Moonis tweeted after uploading a copy of the FIR against Sanaullah.</p>.<p>The complainant, who is a resident of Gujrat city, said he was watching a talk show on Geo News on August 21, when clips of Sanaullah’s speeches from April, 2021 and January 2022 were aired.</p>.<p>In these speeches, the minister was shown hurling threats to the judiciary, the Punjab Chief Secretary and Lahore Commissioner and their children.</p>.<p>A case under Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act was registered against the Interior Minister in Gujrat city, around 150 km from Lahore.</p>.<p>Interestingly, it was on Sanaullah’s orders that Khan was booked under the Anti-Terrorism Act after he threatened an additional sessions judge, Zeba Chaudhry, and senior officers of the Islamabad Police at a rally in the federal capital last week.</p>.<p>The anti-terrorism court in Islamabad has granted Khan interim bail in this case until September 1.</p>.<p>In July, Pakistan’s Supreme Court declared Elahi, a candidate backed by Khan, as the Punjab province Chief Minister.</p>.<p>The political temperature in Pakistan has been high since April — when Khan, the cricketer-turned-politician, was ousted from the Prime Minister's office.</p>.<p>Since his ouster, Khan has been targeting powerful institutions, including the Pakistan Army and the Election Commission.</p>
<p>Police in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Thursday registered a case against Federal Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on charges of terrorism and “threatening the judiciary and government officials.”</p>.<p>Former Federal Minister Moonis Elahi, who is the son of Punjab province Chief Minister Parvez Elahi, termed the move a tit-for-tat response to the federal government’s “illegal” actions against former Prime Minister Imran Khan.</p>.<p>“You (Sanaullah) make false cases against our (former) prime minister Imran Khan. Now the people of Pakistan have made a genuine case against you. You will soon be arrested,” Moonis tweeted after uploading a copy of the FIR against Sanaullah.</p>.<p>The complainant, who is a resident of Gujrat city, said he was watching a talk show on Geo News on August 21, when clips of Sanaullah’s speeches from April, 2021 and January 2022 were aired.</p>.<p>In these speeches, the minister was shown hurling threats to the judiciary, the Punjab Chief Secretary and Lahore Commissioner and their children.</p>.<p>A case under Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act was registered against the Interior Minister in Gujrat city, around 150 km from Lahore.</p>.<p>Interestingly, it was on Sanaullah’s orders that Khan was booked under the Anti-Terrorism Act after he threatened an additional sessions judge, Zeba Chaudhry, and senior officers of the Islamabad Police at a rally in the federal capital last week.</p>.<p>The anti-terrorism court in Islamabad has granted Khan interim bail in this case until September 1.</p>.<p>In July, Pakistan’s Supreme Court declared Elahi, a candidate backed by Khan, as the Punjab province Chief Minister.</p>.<p>The political temperature in Pakistan has been high since April — when Khan, the cricketer-turned-politician, was ousted from the Prime Minister's office.</p>.<p>Since his ouster, Khan has been targeting powerful institutions, including the Pakistan Army and the Election Commission.</p>