The PTI chairman expressed surprise over the statement by the ISPR DG Lt Gen Babar Iftikhar that allegations against one army officer were defaming the entire institution. Mr Khan proposed that the same SC commission probe the killing of journalist Arshad Sharif - tracking down who forced him to leave the country and eventually move from Dubai to Kenya. Still, he said, no action was taken against the nominated accused. “The PTI-PML-Q government could get an FIR registered against the three PML-N leaders Maryam Nawaz, Marriyum Aurangzeb, Javed Latif after a ‘great effort’,” he said. “Since then I knew well, that the PML-N government functionaries with the connivance of army officers were hatching a conspiracy to eliminate me in the manner former Punjab governor Salman Taseer was killed,” he claimed and added that he exposed this plan in his public meeting speeches and interviews. Mr Khan also raised questions about people allegedly involved in the dissemination of a video that purportedly showed him “insulting religion”. The police say there was pressure from “above, while the IG Police states the accused interview video was hacked,” he wondered. Referring to the attack, Mr Khan said a suspect was interviewed by a policeman which was immediately leaked to the media to give the incident a “religious colour”. That’s why I asked them to resign so the investigation can be fair.” “How can we have an impartial and fair investigation? It can’t happen.
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He endorsed PM Sharif’s call for the SC’s full court probe commission, but expressed reservations, saying how the commission would perform its duties independently if its members’ bosses who needed to be probed remained in the office. “There are people who consider themselves above the law, which unfortunately dismantles the whole edifice of the judicial system in the country,” he lamented.
Mr Khan raised questions over the credibility of the justice system and said even a former premier could not get a case registered. “Policemen concerned requested that they be transferred from the post… some other officer may register the FIR nominating suspects mentioned by me,” he claimed. He expressed surprise that the police were adamant about not including the name of the military officer in the FIR but ready to nominate the prime minister and the interior minister in the case. He added that despite the passage of three days, the case was not registered as the Punjab police were “reluctant to register the FIR”. He said the case should be registered against the prime minister, interior minister, and a senior intelligence official for “hatching a conspiracy to kill him”.
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The former prime minister questioned the delay in the registration of FIR regarding the assassination attempt on him. He, however, will address participants of the long march through video link from Lahore. He revealed that while the march will start moving towards Islamabad under the leadership of party Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday, he would stay in Lahore to recuperate and join the march in Rawalpindi in 10- to 14 days - depending on the speed of the long march. Mr Khan was discharged from Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and moved to his residence in Zaman Park in the evening.Īddressing his second presser from the hospital, the PTI chief welcomed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s call for a full court commission of the Supreme Court to investigate his allegations that senior government and military officials were behind the attack on him.
LAHORE: The PTI’s long march, which came to a standstill after the assassination attempt on Imran Khan in Wazirabad, will resume its journey on Tuesday (tomorrow) from the same place where the party chairman was injured in the gun attack. Ex-PM discharged from hospital, reiterates call for resignation of govt, military officials.PTI chief says ‘long march’ to resume tomorrow, will join it in Pindi.LAHORE: Police officers stand guard as vehicles escort PTI Chairman Imran Khan to his residence after being discharged from Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital on Sunday.-Reuters
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