Report on riots at judicial complex compiled

A report pertaining to the damage caused by the riots outside the Islamabad Judicial Complex on Saturday has been prepared which includes the details of the injured law enforcement agencies personnel.

Intense clashes had broken out Saturday between the police and the activists belonging to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) as party chief Imran Khan’s convoy reached the judicial complex ahead of his appearance before the district and sessions court in the Toshakhana case.

According to the contents of the report, 47 officers and officials of the Islamabad Police were injured during the riots and 34 of them were brought to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Hospital.

In addition to this, three injured FC personnel were also brought to the PIMS Hospital. Most of the injured suffered injuries from sticks on their limbs while some were affected by tear gas.

Islamabad Police SSP Operations Malik Jamil was also among the injured police officers. Jamil was injured due to severe stone pelting by the PTI workers. The SSP operations was also shifted to PIMS Hospital.

The report also stated that the PTI workers also damaged vehicles and government property.

Meanwhile, another report regarding damage to the vehicles of Islamabad and Punjab police, during the riots, has also been prepared.

As per the report, as many as 15 vehicles were damaged by the PTI activists, in which all the windows of two Faisalabad police buses were broken, one window of a Chakwal police bus was broken while two pick-up vehicles of Islamabad police and two motorcycles were set on fire. Apart from this, a bomb disposal squad vehicle was destroyed.

In the footage, obtained by the Islamabad Police, it can be seen that the PTI workers were moving towards the police holding sticks in their hands. Stone pelting by protesters can also be seen in the video.

Further, the PTI workers also set fire to a police post and several motorcycles. The police had to retreat due to severe stone pelting and tear gas shells fired by the PTI activists, after which the protective equipment of the Islamabad Police was acquired by the party workers.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 20^th, 2023.