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LahoreLahore Police has registered a case against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan and 400 other party workers on charges of murder and terrorism. The case has been registered in connection with the death of one person and injuries to several others in the clash between the workers and the police during the party’s rally.
This is the 80th case filed against former prime minister Khan by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)-led coalition government in its 11-month tenure. In the alleged police crackdown on PTI workers gathered outside Khan’s residence on Wednesday, one worker was killed. Khan’s supporters were to take out a rally in support of the judiciary from his residence.
Police has arrested more than 100 PTI workers. The FIR states that 11 police officers were injured in stone pelting by party workers. It has been said in it that six PTI workers have also been injured. Senior PTI leader Fawad Chaudhary said on Thursday that an FIR was not registered against the police personnel and their handlers on the complaint of the slain party worker’s family, but the police have booked 70-year-old Khan and 400 others for his murder. Registered.
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Other PTI leaders including Fawad Chaudhary, Farooq Habib, Hammad Azhar and Mahmudur Rashid have been named in the FIR. Khan, a former cricketer and political leader, shared material on social media about PTI workers being harassed and said, “A corrupt and murderous gang of miscreants have wreaked havoc on the country. They have violated our Constitution, fundamental rights and the rule of law.
Innocent, unarmed PTI workers, including women, have been the target of police violence and brutality, and one worker has died in custody.” PTI had announced that it would file a murder case against caretaker Punjab Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi, Home Minister Rana Sanaullah, Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Anwar and Lahore police chief Bilal Siddiq Kamyana.
Meanwhile, the Punjab IGP has constituted a two-member committee to probe the police clash with PTI workers outside Zaman Park. Khan said that the government wanted an excuse to postpone elections in Punjab and for this it needed dead bodies.(Agency)
