The move comes after the Supreme Court on November 7, 2022 ordered the provincial government to register an FIR
The move comes after the Supreme Court on November 7, 2022 ordered the provincial government to register an FIR
An FIR was registered by the police in Pakistan’s Punjab province on November 8, 2022. assassination attempt on former prime minister imran khandays after the incident, and named the attacker who was detained as the main accused in the case.
The move comes after the Supreme Court arrived on November 7, 2022. Provincial government ordered to register FIR Murder bid on Mr. Khan within 24 hours.
The attacker Naveed Mohammad Bashir is named in the FIR., as the main accused. However, it did not mention the names of three people, who were accused by Khan of plotting to assassinate Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and Major General Faisal Naseer, a senior Pakistan Army officer.
“We are going to challenge the FIR in the apex court,” said Fawad Chaudhry, a senior leader of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party.
The delay in registering a case in Punjab province, which is headed by PTI, has raised eyebrows.
“I wonder what will happen to the common man if I cannot file an FIR regarding the attack on me as the former prime minister of Pakistan,” he said. On Sunday, Mr Khan said an FIR has not been filed over the failed “attempt to murder” on his life as officials are refusing to register a case unless he removes the name of an army general from the complaint. Give.
The Punjab Police said that it has registered an FIR on the directions of the Supreme Court and named the suspect Naveed under Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act and Sections 302, 324 and 440 of the Pakistan Penal Code.
Police said they arrested Bashir from the scene after he confessed to the crime. In a confessional video, Bashir said he attacked Khan because he was “misleading the public.” Mr Khan, 70, suffered a bullet injury in the right leg on Thursday when two gunmen opened fire on him and the other at a truck carrying a container in the Wazirabad area of Punjab province, where he was leading a protest march. Shahbaz Sharif Govt.
“I was hit by 4 bullets,” said Mr. Khan in his address to the nation From a hospital in Lahore on November 4, a day after he was shot during a rally in Punjab province.
He underwent gunshot wounds surgery at Shaukat Khanum Hospital, owned by his charitable organisation.
Hospital officials said the former cricketer-turned-politician, who had undergone surgery, was discharged from the hospital on Sunday and taken to his private residence in the city.
Mr Khan’s march to the federal capital to demand fresh elections was postponed after the shootings last week.
Senior PTI leader Faisal Javed Khan said that the march will resume from Wazirabad on November 10.
Mr Khan, who was ousted from power in a no-confidence motion in April, says he will not attend until he recovers from his injuries.
The federal government led by Shahbaz Sharif has rejected Khan’s demand for fresh elections, to be held only after August next year.
The political turmoil in Pakistan comes as it grapples with economic crisis and the effects of devastating floods.