Pakistan’s Anti-Terrorism Court Extends Judicial Remand Of Suspects In ‘Attack On Imran Khan’

Pakistan’s Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) today extended the judicial remand of 4 suspects in the former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s case in the Wazirabad attack.

The prime suspects in Khan’s attack were Naveed, Tayyab, Waqas, and Ahsan and according to the sources, the case was heard through a video link.

The court extended the judicial remand for 14 days and adjourned the hearing till March 20.
Earlier, the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) formed to probe the attack on the former Prime Minister & PTI chairman in Wazirabad, revealed that the prime suspect Naveed Meher was trained.

According to the sources in December, the PTI leader Musaddiq Abbasi held a press conference along with Omar Sarfraz Cheema Advisor to the Chief Minister of Punjab.

He stated that the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) carried out polygraphic tests of Naveed Meher and shocking revealed that the Wazirabad attack was planned and the attacker was not alone, but it’s still not confirmed how many attackers were there.

The PTI leader further said that according to JIT the guard did not fire any bullets.

It is relevant to mention here that Naveed Meher was arrested after opening fire at Imran Khan on November 3 from the crime scene at Allahwala Chowk during the party’s long march.

Further sources mentioned that reacting to Mehr’s arrest, in a statement, his counsel stated that retaining Ghulam Mahmood Dogar as head of the JIT was based on “malice.” He termed it necessary to remove Dogar as well from the JIT. The lawyer raised questions on why the previous members of the body were presenting the suspects in the court when a new joint investigation team has been made.

The First Information Report (FIR) of the gun attack incident had been registered on November 7.
The FIR of the incident was lodged on November 7 under the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997. The probe into the assassination attempt on Imran Khan that had been handed over to an anti-corruption officer by Dogar.

Furthermore, Ghulam Mahmood Dogar gave the responsibility of interrogating the suspect to anti-corruption officer Anwar Shah and no other member was given access to the attacker.