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First-ever protest against ISI in Pakistan

as former PM Imran Khan is shot in the leg

Pakistan broadcasting authority bans news channels from airing a video claiming that Imran Khan believed
“Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the country’s Interior Minister and a top ISI General” were behind the attack

OUR BUREAU Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s
convoy in Wazirabad.
Lahore/Peshawar
Officials of the counter-terror-
or the first time in Pakistan’s 75 ism department will be placed on the
years of history protests took team to investigate the motives of the
Fplace against ISI Maj Gen Fais- incident, The Dawn quoted citing
al, all-powerful Peshawar Corps Com- an official statement. “We want to
mander for allegedly having a hand in know who is behind the incident, who
former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s trained the accused, how much money
assassination attempt. was he given and where did he get it
Hours after the assassination at- from,” the chief minister said, adding
tempt against Imran Khan, people it appeared there were two shooters,
held protests in front of the Corps not one,” it added.
Commander House in Peshawar in Taking strict notice of the video
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as per a video leak containing a confessional state-
shared by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf ment of the suspect in police custody
(PTI). Taking to Twitter, PTI said, who allegedly shot at Imran Khan in
“When non-political people conduct Gujranwala, Punjab Chief Minister
political press conferences and when Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi suspended
people see no action against those the entire staff of the concerned po-
threatening Imran Khan, the mis- lice station.
trust in the Establishment grows. It The video of the suspect was
is alarming to see people protesting leaked soon after he was arrested at
in front of Corps Commander House the crime scene. As a result, the chief
Peshawar!” minister has suspended the SHO con-
Earlier, PTI Chief Imran Khan cerned and his entire staff, and or-
suggested a proposal for the appoint- Imran Khan after getting injured in an attack by a suspected assailant near his container in dered strict disciplinary action against
ment of the army chief but Pakistan Wazirabad on Thursday (ANI) them, the Dawn reported.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reject- Pakistan Electronic and Media
ed that and instead offered to discuss Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on
the Charter of Democracy and Charter Thursday prohibited news channels
of Economy, The Express Tribune re- from airing Pakistan Tehreek-e-In-
ported. “Imran had suggested that we saf (PTI) leader Asad Umar’s video
give him three names and he give three wherein he said that Imran Khan be-
names for the post of army chief and lieved “Prime Minister Shehbaz Shar-
then we decide on the appointment of if, the country’s Interior Minister and
the new chief from those six names,” a top ISI General” were behind the
The Express Tribune quoted the Paki- attack, the Dawn reported.
stan PM as saying with the bloggers. Senior PTI leaders said that Im-
PTI chief was injured after a man ran Khan believes that the bullets
opened fire at him in Gujranwala near were fired at him at the behest of
the party’s reception camp. The for- three people including Prime Minister
mer prime minister sustained injuries Shehbaz Sharif, the country’s Interior
on his leg and has been shifted to a Minister and a top ISI General and
hospital for treatment, Geo News re- his remarks were based on informa-
ported. After the attack, Faisal Sultan, tion he had received. “Broadcasting
the former assistant to the prime min- of such content is likely to create ha-
ister on health, said that PTI chair- tred among the people or is prejudi-
man Imran Khan’s condition is stable. The suspect was taken into custody by the police soon after the shooting incident (ANI) cial to maintenance of law and order
In the latest development in the or is likely to disturb public peace and
case, the suspect was caught by police other side, Imran Khan is taking out him alive,” the shooter said according tranquility or endangers national se-
in Pakistan for opening fire during his container and making noise. My to a video shared on social media. curity is a serious violation of Article
the PTI’s long march and said that he conscience did not approve of this. I Later, Pakistan’s Punjab prov- 19 of the Constitution and Section 27
wanted to kill Imran Khan because decided this suddenly... I conspired ince Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi on of PEMRA Ordinance 2002 as well as
“he was misleading the public,” me- against Imran Khan when he kicked Thursday night instructed the police Electronic Media Code of Conduct
dia reports said. “I thought of this as off his long march from Lahore. I to form a joint investigation team 2015,” The Dawn quoted Media Reg-
there was Azaan going on and on the made up my mind that I will not leave (JIT) to probe the attack on former ulatory as saying.

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