In a TV interview on Saturday, Mr Khan had distanced himself from the pilgrims, who chanted and chanted slogans against the PM.
In a TV interview on Saturday, Mr Khan had distanced himself from the pilgrims, who chanted and chanted slogans against the PM.
Pakistan’s Punjab Police has booked Deposed Prime Minister Imran Khan Officials said that 150 others, including some members of his former cabinet, are involved in connection with the location of Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and his delegation at Masjid-e-Nabwi in Saudi Arabia.
Video clips circulating on social media showed some pilgrims – apparently supporters of Mr Khan – shouting ‘chor’ (thief) and ‘gaddar’ (traitor) as Mr Sharif and other members of his delegation reached the Prophet’s mosque lamps. Medina last Thursday.
Pakistani pilgrims also used abusive language against the members of the delegation. Medina police claimed to have arrested five Pakistanis involved in the sloganeering.
The Punjab Police on Saturday night registered an FIR against Mr Khan, who is also the chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and 150 others, including former federal ministers Fawad Chaudhry and former advisor to the prime minister, Sheikh Rashid. Has been. Shahbaz Gul, former deputy speaker of the National Assembly Qasim Suri and Khan’s close aides in London, Anil Musrat and Sahibzada Jahangir, said the officials.
He said that on the complaint of a local resident Naeem Bhatti, a case has been registered at a police station in Faisalabad, about 180 km from Lahore, for desecrating the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina, committing hooliganism and hurting the sentiments of Muslims.
The FIR has been registered under various sections, including 295A (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) of the Pakistan Penal Code.
According to the FIR, over 100 supporters of Mr Khan were deported from Pakistan and the UK to Saudi Arabia to carry out the mission to target Mr Sharif and his delegation at Masjid-e-Nabwi in Medina. It said Mr Khan and other nominated leaders of PTI had given instructions to the party workers in this regard.
Meanwhile, Faisalabad police said that action will be taken against those named in the FIR as per law.
Mr Khan had distanced himself from pilgrims shouting slogans against Mr Sharif in a TV interview on Saturday, saying he “can’t even imagine asking anyone to raise slogans at the holy place”.
There is widespread condemnation of the incident.