Imran Khan booked in attempted murder case in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) police Saturday lodged a case of try to homicide towards PTI Chairman Imran Khan.

The try to homicide case has been registered towards the PTI chairman on the Secretariat Police Station on the grievance of PML-N MNA Mohsin Shahnawaz Ranjha.

The PML-N lawmaker was allegedly attacked exterior the Election Fee of Pakistan’s (ECP) workplace a day earlier. Protests sparked throughout the nation following the ECP’s determination to disqualify Khan and ruling that the PTI chairman isn’t any extra a member of the Nationwide Meeting.

Khan was charged with aiding and abetting against the law within the FIR. Try and homicide amongst 5 clauses had been added to the FIR.

Within the FIR, Ranjha said that he appeared earlier than the ECP as a plaintiff within the Toshakhana reference towards the PTI chief.

The PML-N chief stated that he escaped an “assassination try” when he stepped out of the ECP after the electoral watchdog introduced its verdict towards Khan.

“The homicide try was carried out on the behest of the PTI management,” learn the FIR.  

Terror instances registered towards Imran Khan

Earlier right this moment, two terrorism-related instances had been registered towards the PTI management — together with occasion chairman Imran Khan and secretary-general Asad Umar — and 100 different occasion employees for alleged violence in the course of the protests.

The instances had been registered on the I-9 Police Station and the Sagjani police station on the federal authorities and police’s complaints, respectively.

Ten offences, together with a bit of the Anti-Terrorism Act, have been added to the case.

The primary info report (FIR) registered on the Sagjani Police Station — which incorporates the identify of Khan, Umar, and Ali Nawaz Awan — said that the employees blocked the Srinagar Freeway following the management’s orders.

It added that the employees pelted stones on the police and vandalised authorities properties.

The complainant has registered the FIR below Sections 109, 147, 149, 186, 188, 341, 353, 427, and 503 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) and Part 7 of the ATA.

Earlier than this, one other terror case was registered towards the native PTI management on the I-9 Police Station.

PTI leaders Aamer Mehmood Kiani, Wasiq Qayyum Abbasi, Faisal Javed Khan, Raja Rashid Hafeez, Umar Tanveer, Rashid Naseem Abbasi and Raja Majid had been named within the case.

In line with the FIR, the PTI employees pelted stones on the police and FC personnel, injuring them.

The FIR stated that the demonstrators tried to run over policemen with the intention of murdering them.

It added that the protesters set hearth to timber in Faizabad and its close by areas and tried to break authorities property.

The FIR consists of Sections 109, 148, 149, 186, 324, 353, 427, and 435, of the PPC and Part 7 of the ATA.