Acting on the orders of Pakistan’s Supreme Court, police on Monday removed the barricades placed by the members of the banned Jamaat-ud Dawah outside the group’s headquarters in Lahore in the name of security after over a decade. Chief Justice Saqib Nisar had ordered the Punjab police to open all roads blocked in the name of security in Lahore. Deputy Inspector General (Lahore) Dr Haider Ashraf on Monday that police had removed blockades from some 16 places including the JuD headquarters on the order of the apex court. Responding to a question about any resistance faced by police from the supporters of JuD chief Hafiz Saeed, Ashraf said: “We presented the SC order to the JuD chief before removing the barricades placed on the roads outside Qadsia headquarters of JuD.”The JuD had placed barricades more than 10 years ago outside its headquarters in Chauburji blocking the main roads there. Go and construct bomb-proof walls for your houses, have snipers on rooftops, but do not block roads.”

Source: Hindustan Times February 12, 2018 14:26 UTC