Government considers Imran Khan's party a "terrorist organisation": Nawaz Sharif's daughter Maryam

Maryam Nawaz Sharif further said that the PTI chairman is now ready to hold talks with the government as all his strategies have failed. "The government should deal with them the same way it deals with terrorists," he said. At the press conference, the PML-N vice-president lashed out at the ex-prime minister for "openly rebelling against the state". According to Dawn's report, Maryam Nawaz's statement came after Imran Khan protested against his arrest in the Toshakhana case and challenged the police and rangers from inside his Zaman Park residence surrounded by hundreds of supporters.

To arrest Khan in the Toshakhana case, the Pakistani police force went to his residence in Zaman Park, after which protests started at many places. On 7 March, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) suspended Imran's non-bailable arrest warrant till 13 March and directed him to appear before the sessions court. When the proceedings began on Tuesday, Imran's lawyer Khwaja Haris informed the court that his client would not be able to appear. Imran's lawyer said, "He is not refusing to appear, but he cannot appear due to security threats." He reminded that the IHC had asked the sessions court to initiate legal action against the PTI chief as per law, if he did not appear before the court on March 13, Dawn reported.