Imran khan’s FIR was filed after an ultimatum from the Supreme Court
The first information report (FIR) of a gun attack on PTI Chairman and former premier Imran Khan during the party’s long march was registered on Monday at City Police Station Wazirabad in LAHORE after the Supreme Court gave Inspector General (IG) Punjab Faisal Shahkar a 24-hour ultimatum.
Naveed, who was apprehended at the scene, has been named as the prime suspect in a case that has been filed on multiple counts, including terrorism, murder, attempted murder, and criminal conspiracy.
On Tuesday (today), per the Supreme Court’s directives, the FIR would be submitted to the court for consideration.
A relative of Imran Khan and general secretary of the PTI’s Lahore chapter, Zubair Niazi, went to the station house officer (SHO) and asked him to file a first information report (FIR) against the prime minister, the interior minister, and a senior military officer, all of whom were named by Imran as suspects in the attempted assassination.
The FIR was filed based on a complaint by a sub-inspector of police, and the three high-ranking officials the PTI head named are not suspects.
In response to the news, PTI Leader Fawad Chaudhry stated that his party would only recognize the FIR as legitimate if the names of the three top officials were included in it.
If the top officials weren’t named in the FIR, he said, they’d see it as meaningless. We will not tolerate any changes to the names.
According to a tweet posted by PML-Q leader Moonis Elahi, the Punjab administration prevented the IG Punjab from filing the FIR against “unidentified” people.
“Prevented IG Punjab from filing a missing person report.”
The former prime minister was leading the PTI’s “Haqeeqi Azadi March” in Wazirabad last Thursday when a shooter opened fire on his container, wounding him in the leg.
Senator Faisal Javed, former Sindh governor Imran Ismail, Ahmad Chattha, and Imran Yousaf were among the PTI chairman’s inner circle who were hurt in the attack, and one of them was killed.
Naveed, the suspect, was taken into custody without incident. The guy eventually confessed to investigators that he had fired shots at the container.
He insisted that he acted alone and blamed some of Imran’s words for offending his religious sensibilities, but he stood by his earlier statements.
The videos were reportedly stored on his mobile device. Moreover, a few religious scholars’ speeches were retrieved from his phone. The accused claimed he frequently attended religious lectures.
Federal authorities and detectives have been unanimous in their belief that the attacker acted alone. The PTI leadership, including Imran, has maintained that Naveed was merely a pawn in an assassination plan orchestrated by three of the country’s most influential figures.
Earlier on Monday, the Supreme Court ordered Inspector General of Punjab Faisal Shahkar to file a formal First Information Report (FIR) against those responsible for the attack on the PTI head and to submit a report within 24 hours.
The case was presided over by a five-judge bigger bench led by Pakistan’s Chief Justice (CJP), Umar Ata Bandial.
You’ve proven to be a trustworthy and capable law enforcement official. The Supreme Court will guarantee that your efforts will be unimpeded. Please give us a chance and file a police report. The chief justice urged me to proceed.
We are not acting of our own volition,” Justice Bandial said. We will move on with an earlier suo motu matter concerning executive influence in the criminal justice system if they continue to drag out the case.
Further, Justice Bandial emphasized that it is the Supreme Court’s duty to ensure that justice is administered in conformity with the law.
We just want to make sure your work isn’t disrupted in any way,” the chief justice continued.
Along with ordering the IG to collect forensic evidence, Justice Bandial reassured him that a “different view” from the provincial administration would not prevent a thorough probe.
The chief judge of the highest court in the land has said that an attempt was made on the life of a national leader and that a suo moto notice will be issued if the court is not pleased with the police report.
Shahkar has already stated his disagreement with the provincial government to the bench.
It’s important to remember that Shahkar had asked to be removed from his position in the Punjab administration with “immediate effect” as the impasse over filing a formal report of the attack on the PTI leader lingered.
The IG of Punjab wrote to the provincial administration, explaining that he was unable to continue in his role due to “personal reasons” and asking to be put at the federal government’s disposal.
The appointment of a new Punjab IG, however, has been put on hold, according to sources who spoke to The Express Tribune. The Centre is not in a rush to offer his replacement.
There was a growing chasm between the IG and the Punjab government and PTI, and sources say it was because the IG had expressed qualms about the names being listed in the FIR.
At the same hearing, PTI Senator Azam Swati appeared before the judge.
The Chief Justice Informant informed him that the SC HR unit was reviewing his case.
When asked about the leaked “private video” of him and his wife, Swati stated that the location was actually the federal lodge in Quetta and not the SC rest house.
Your complaint hurts, but the court is cautious about taking action on its own initiative (suo motu notice). You have senior senator status. The chief justice encouraged Swati, “Be brave.”
Justice Bandial stated during the hearing that the HR cell had also looked into the concerns raised by Arshad Sharif’s mother, who had written a letter to the chief justice asking for an investigation into her son’s death to be conducted by a special commission of senior judges.
The cell had requested a report from the fact-finding team when they returned from Kenya, the court said.
A petition to preserve police officers’ tenure under the Constitution was previously rejected by the registrar’s office, but the same court ultimately upheld the petition.
The petitioner’s lawyer said that the PTI Punjab government’s four-year tenure resulted in the replacement of eight IGs, negatively impacting the province’s security. The bench has requested that this matter be brought before the bench for a hearing, and the registrar’s office has been instructed to do so.
On Monday, Federal Minister for the Interior Rana Sanaullah Khan said the PTI chairman might leave politics for good if he could provide proof that he had been shot four times.
The interior minister told reporters outside the parliament that the government was willing to participate in the probe into the attack on Imran.
He insisted that the former prime minister be examined by a neutral medical board to determine whether or not he sustained four bullet wounds.
A disciplined institution, Sanaullah observed, the Pakistani Army could not tolerate anyone who went against the official position.
He also added that the DG ISPR’s remark on the extension of the army chief’s term was adequate.
He said that the provincial government was encouraging unrest and that the Punjab police were helping the demonstrators.
Sanaullah added that manipulating the judiciary and the Pakistan Army for politics was disastrous for the country and that Imran Khan picked three names because he wants instability in the country.
He went on to say, “PTI has wasted enough time and it is too late for a long march, however, the government is ready to receive them and had completed all arrangements by November 4,”
