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Eleven police officials, including the station house officer (SHO) of Sarwar Road police station, have been booked and charge-sheeted after they allegedly raided the residence of Attorney General for Pakistan Mansoor Awan in Lahore and harassed household staff, exceeding their lawful authority. Six of the officials have been granted pre-arrest bail by a sessions court, as reported by Dawn.

Coverage Comparison

Dawn, Pakistan's center-left English-language daily, reported the incident in two articles published on July 29 and July 30, 2026. The first article detailed the booking and charge-sheeting of the police officials, while the second reported the grant of pre-arrest bail to six of them. Both articles attributed the raid to a case of mistaken identity, with police stating that the team had acted on a tip-off about suspects in a neighboring house.

Key Claims

  • Eleven police officials, including the station house officer (SHO) of Sarwar Road police station, have been booked and charge-sheeted after they allegedly raided the residence of Attorney General for Pakistan Mansoor Awan in Lahore and harassed household staff, exceeding their lawful authority, as reported by Dawn.
  • The SHO, Irfan, has obtained interim bail from a court, according to police sources cited by Dawn.
  • A police party led by Sarwar Road SHO entered the attorney general's residence at around 6pm on July 27 after scaling the main gate, according to the First Information Report (FIR) as reported by Dawn.
  • The police officials allegedly harassed employees present in the house and damaged flower pots placed outside the residence during the operation, as stated in the FIR.
  • The police team took away the house's CCTV recording system and deleted the footage of the raid before returning the digital video recorder (DVR), according to an allegation by the attorney general's driver, as reported by Dawn.
  • A sessions court granted pre-arrest bail to six police officials nominated in the case, with the judge directing each petitioner to furnish surety bonds of Rs50,000 and ordering them to join the investigation, as reported by Dawn.

Perspectives

Police Version: According to Dawn, police sources stated that the raid was conducted on a tip-off about the alleged presence of some suspects in a neighboring house, but the raiding team mistakenly entered the residence of the attorney general. The police also confirmed that the SHO had obtained interim bail.

Complainant's Version: The attorney general's driver, Irfan, alleged that the police team took away the house's CCTV recording system and deleted the footage before returning the DVR, as reported by Dawn. The FIR, as cited by Dawn, also claims that the officials harassed employees and damaged property.

Court's Decision: Additional District and Sessions Judge Zulfiqar Ahmed Naeem granted pre-arrest bail to six police officials till August 12, restraining the police from arresting them and directing them to join the investigation, as reported by Dawn.