RAWALPINDI/PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa authorities on Sunday mentioned that it could take authorized motion towards Punjab police’s crackdown towards the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) employees in the course of the their protest in Rawalpindi.
In a press release, Adviser to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister on Data Barrister Mohammad Ali Saif mentioned: “The federal government had deliberate a Mannequin City-like tragedy yesterday. [Our] employees had been [subjected] to straight firing [and] our girls [workers] had been shelled upon.”
The announcement comes after the Imran Khan-founded get together “referred to as off” its protest in Rawalpindi as a consequence of violent clashes between police and employees on Saturday.
The previous ruling get together had introduced holding an illustration within the metropolis, nevertheless, the Punjab authorities had then imposed Part 144 banning all political gatherings, sit-ins, rallies, protests and comparable actions.
With PTI employees making an attempt to go in the direction of the Liaquat Bagh, the police had resorted to teargas shelling to disperse the group which was then retaliated by get together activists who began hurling stones and glass bottles on the legislation enforcers.
Chatting with Geo Information on yesterday’s occasions, Barrister Saif mentioned that the KP authorities will strategy the courts and instructions will likely be issued to the provincial advocate common for taking authorized motion on this regard.
Which legislation justifies using shelling towards peaceable employees, questioned the provincial authorities official.
His remarks come after KP CM Ali Amin Gandapur, irked by police motion, mentioned that they might reply to each bullet, shell and baton that will be used towards its supporters.
“Greater than 50 PTI employees have been injured in shelling as shells and bullets had been fired each three kilometres on us,” he mentioned in a press release on Sunday, including that bullets had been fired on three of their employees and the whereabouts of one in all them couldn’t be traced.
PTI leaders booked beneath terrorism, different provisions
In the meantime, instances have been lodged towards 58 native PTI leaders at Rawalpindi’s Waris Khan police station.
The leaders who’ve been booked beneath varied provisions embrace Seemabia Tahir, Shehryar Riaz, Ejaz Khan, Rashid Hafeez, Ajmal Sabir and others together with 150 unknown people.
The instances embrace provisions of terrorism, tried homicide, vandalism, and interference in authorities issues.
As per the primary info report (FIR), the suspects raised anti-state slogans in Liaquat Bagh and had been armed with weapons, batons and sticks.
It additionally says that police personnel Muneeb Abbas and Ajmal Khan suffered accidents as a consequence of assault by the PTI employees who additionally broken officers’ automobiles by way of stone pelting.
The suspects snatched authorities weapons, resorted to aerial firing and unfold worry within the space, added the FIR.
