LAHORE - After a gap of four days, the Punjab police on Monday registered a case (First Information Report) of the gun attack on former prime minister and PTI chief Imran Khan in Wazirabad city.
The case was filed hours after the Supreme Court of Pakistan directed the Punjab Inspector General of Police Faisal Shahkar to register an FIR against the attack on PTI chief Imran in accordance with the law and a submit report within 24 hours During a hearing on the contempt of court case against Khan yesterday, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial, had warned that the top court would take suo motu notice if the FIR was not registered.
The CJP, addressing its several leaders on social media site Twitter, the party primarily said that any FIR registered which does not include the three names taken by party chief Imran Khan is not acceptable. Senior PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry said that his party would not accept the FIR which doesn’t mention the names demanded by Imran Khan. “PTI had made its position clear that it will not accept any FIR if it does not include the names of Shehbaz Sharif, Rana Sanaullah, and the military officer,” Fawad said in a tweet. PTI chief Imran Khan was injured during a gun attack while leading the party’s long march in Wazirabad on November 3. A PTI supporter, Muazzam Nawaz, was killed in the incident while 14 others, including Imran, were wounded.