ISLAMABAD - After Pakistan Awami Tehrik (PAT), Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf has also approached a sessions court of the federal capital for registration of case against prime minister, chief minister Punjab, federal ministers and some police officials for the killing and injuring of its workers on August 31 when clashes broke out between protesters and police in Islamabad’s Red Zone.
In this regard, Additional District and Sessions Judge Shahrukh Arjumand Wednesday issued notices to station house officer (SHO) police station Secretariat on an application filed by PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi under Section 22-A for registration of case. The court also directed the SHO to submit his report in this matter on September 19 (Friday).
Qureshi stated that PTI workers were killed and injured due to torture, firing, shelling and baton charge of police on them when they were peacefully marching towards Prime Minister House on August 31. He further said that on September 1, PTI leaders had submitted an application against this police violence with the Secretariat police for registration of case against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif, Federal Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan, Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Railways Minister Khwaja Saad Rafiq, then acting Inspector General (IG) Islamabad Police Khalid Khattak, IG Punjab, IG Railways police, deputy commissioner Islamabad, SSP operations and other police officials.
He informed the court that police did not register the case on their application. Therefore, they have moved the court for registration of the case.
During the hearing, Farrukh Dal Advocate, the counsel for Shah Mehmood, appeared before the court and contended that nominated people were directly and indirectly involved in the incident but police had not registered the FIR of the case yet. Therefore, he prayed to the court to direct the SHO to register the case. After hearing his arguments, the court issued aforementioned directions and deferred the hearing for further proceedings till Friday.