Imran given foolproof security

Islamabad, May 16 (UNI) Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday gave direction to the concerned authorities to ensure that his predecessor Imran Khan was provided with foolproof security after the PTI chairperson claimed on multiple occasions that there was a threat to his life, Dawn reported.
Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah briefed PM Shehbaz about Imran Khan’s security arrangements.
The Prime Minister’s Office said they had issued similar instructions to the provincial governments.
“Police and other law enforcement agencies have been directed to ensure complete deployment of the security personnel assigned for the former prime minister,” the report said, adding that 94 police and Frontier Corps (FC) personnel had been deployed for the security of the former premier’s Banigala residence.
Thirty-five personnel of two security companies were also deployed for security of his Banigala residence, along with 36 personnel of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police and six from Gilgit-Baltistan police had also been deployed by their respective governments for Imran Khan’s security.
The spokesperson said four vehicles and 23 personnel of Islamabad police and one vehicle and five personnel of the FC were dedicatedly deployed to accompany the PTI chairperson during all his movements.
The threat assessment was also being analysed by the interior ministry in this regard.
The spokesman said that if the former premier “has any specific information, he should share it with the interior ministry so that further arrangements of security could be put in place”.
Meanwhile, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah also tried to downplay the threat, saying that Imran was trying to build a narrative of a threat to his life, just like he had built one around a “US conspiracy” to oust his government, calling upon the former premier to share with the interior ministry any information or evidence relating to the threat to his life.