LAHORE: Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari said on Monday a policeman was killed and another 70 suffered injuries during clashes with Imran Khan’s supporters. “Constable Mubashir lost his life (in a clash with PTI workers) while 70 cops injured, of them the condition of five is critical. They (PTI) have taken police officers hostage. Is this politics or terrorism?” the minister asked at a press conference here. She said in Attock police officers were attacked. In Sargodha, a police officer was shot in the leg and in Wah Cantt, a constable was injured. “I want to tell Bushra Bibi that this is not a jungle. She is inciting Pashtuns to attack the state, leading armed mobs, and adding a religious veneer to the PTI aggression,” she said. She claimed the PTI and its armed factions wanted casualties to advance their disruptive political agenda. She said Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz had ordered that police officers should remain unarmed while the PTI had come armed from KP to wreak a havoc and instigate violence. She said KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur’s own province was burning, yet he was trying to set Punjab on fire to. She said the PTI was trying to provoke the state into using force against them, while knowing the state would never do so. “If even one of their members gets a scratch, they create an uproar domestically and internationally,” she said, adding the state was under attack from the PTI which wanted negotiations as well. Expressing concern for the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, teh minister lamented their ‘suffering’ under such leadership. She noted a ‘stark contrast’ between the crowds KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur attracted and the lack of support for Bushra Bibi. She also criticised silence of leaders like Aleema Khan, who have disappeared from public view. She questioned why the children of these leaders were not joining the protests.