WAZIRABAD: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Wazirabad has granted the police 12-day physical remand of Naveed, who opened fire on PTI chairman Imran Khan during the party’s long march on Nov 3.
Naveed is prime suspect in an assassination attempt made on former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan during long march rally in Wazirabad. Though Khan survived the attack but was injured as three bullets hit him in his leg as a PTI worker foiled the gun attack as Naveed pulled up a gun to kill Khan.
One person died in the incident, while several members of the PTI chairman’s close circle, including Senator Faisal Javaid, former Sindh governor Imran Ismail, Ahmad Chattha and Imran Yousaf, were injured, PTI sources said.
According to PTI Secretary General Asad Umar, Imran was hit by a bullet to his leg and was shifted to the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital (SKMCH), Lahore. Doctors at the hospital said that Imran was “stable and talking”.
Officials said that a citizen, who was later identified as Muazzam Nawaz, died in in the armed attack, while 14 others, including some top leaders of the PTI were injured.
According to an official list, the injured are: Imran Khan; Ahmad Nasir Chatha, Faisal Javed; Ali Zaidi; Imran Ismail; SA Hameed; Yousaf Khan; Zahid Khan Muhammad Liaqat Umar Dar; Areeb; Imran Yousaf; Hamza and Umar.
The list showed that besides Imran, Chatha sustained bullet wounds to his both legs; Faisal Javed to his face; Zahid Khan was hit by bullets in right arm and right leg; Liaqat and Areeb had bullet injuries to their abdomens.
SKMCH Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr Faisal Sultan said in Lahore that Imran was “stable and talking and his blood pressure and other vitals are normal”, adding that the PTI chief had been given pain control medicines.
Earlier in the day, the police presented Naveed before the court with the plea of a 30-day remand. The police said that they need to investigate the suspect further, recover weapons from his custody and collect scientific evidence.
Subsequently, Judge Rana Zahid Iqbal approved Naveed’s 12-day physical remand and directed the police to present him in court on Nov 29.
During the hearing today, the court also ordered an inquiry against the investigation officers in the case for presenting the suspect in court 10 days after the registration of a first information report.
“The head of the JIT (joint investigating team) is being instructed to probe and fix responsibility against the delinquents under intimation to this court till next date of hearing, failing which the law shall take its own course,” the judge directed.
