PTI rejects new Wazirabad JIT

Alleges members involved in destroying evidence of attack

LAHORE:

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has rejected the new joint investigation team (JIT) constituted by the federal government to investigate the assassination attempt on its Chairman Imran Khan in Wazirabad.

Speaking to the media here on Saturday, PTI Central Punjab President Dr Yasmin Rashid said the new JIT includes all those officers who had earlier derailed the investigation process.

She alleged that they were involved in destroying the evidence of the attack. The prosecutor had clearly stated that these four people had misplaced evidence and thus “we do not accept this new JIT”, she maintained. She was accompanied by the party leaders, including PTI Central Punjab Information Secretary Andleeb Abbas.

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Yasmin questioned the formation of the new JIT by the federal government when the one constituted by the Punjab government was already investigating the Wazirabad attack. “We will file a petition in the Lahore High Court on Monday against the constitution of the new JIT,” she added.

The former Punjab health minister alleged that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and another person were not letting the investigation proceed and they attempted to weaken the evidence of the attack. “The federal government is involved in the attack. Ploys are being concocted to murder the country’s most popular leader,” she added.

She alleged that Sanaullah was a murderer and wanted to kill the former prime minister. As the terrorists were not caught by the government, it made “us the terrorists”.

Taking a dig at the PML-N Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz, she accused Maryam of maligning the judiciary, as “she knows that she can get things done with the help of her father, Nawaz Sharif”.

“If your party is the most popular party then hold elections; if it is popular, it will win,” she added.