Khawaja Asif responds to allegations slapped by former PTI leader Usman Dar’s mother

PML-N stalwart Khawaja Asif responded to allegations slapped by the former PTI leader Usman Dar’s mother.

On Tuesday, Usman Dar’s mother in a message shared on social media accused Khawaja Asif of accused PML-N stalwart Khawaja Asif and the police of raiding their Sialkot home and manhandling her and called on Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa to take notice of the alleged incident.

Senior PML-N leader Asif responding to the allegations, said he had never pursued vindictive politics and always waged political battles with his opponents.

“I fight with my opponents on principles and respect their elders and families,” he said. 

PML-N leader went on to add that he had called her (Usman Dar’s mother) his sister in the press conference and I have full respect for the sanctity of this relationship, adding that he cursed the kind of politics for which he had to “sacrifice his family traditions and upbringing”.

Responding to Usman Dar in another post, Khawaja Asif said he should not be blamed if the former PTI leader did not want to contest polls.

“It is requested that respectable people should not use a great personality like mother in their political dramas. Protect their respect and sanctity, don’t use them for cheap politics,” he added.

On the other hand, Sialkot District Police Officer (DPO) Muhammad Hasan Iqbal in a video message said that the police conducted a raid in line with legal requirements to arrest “absconding suspect Umar Dar” — Usman’s brother.

He said Umar was a suspect at large in five cases.

“When this raid was conducted, the women at home used very inappropriate language and concocted this story that the officers committed violence and misbehaved. There is no truth to all of these claims,” the DPO said.

Sialkot DPO added that the police possessed evidence about Umar “talking against Pakistan and involved in vandalism and violence”.

“Will suspects at large take the support of women and remain away from the law’s jurisdiction? Can a suspect at large be present on social media and in contact with relatives?” the DPO said.

He added that the law authorised the state to arrest a fleeing suspect and that is why providing refuge to such an individual, helping them or aiding them in escaping police custody was a crime.