Days after assault, Imran Khan’s get together to renew lengthy march on Nov 10

Shah Mahmood Qureshi introduced that the lengthy march will resume on Thursday from the identical location the place the assault on Imran Khan occurred.

Imran Khan lengthy march to renew from the identical level the place he was attacked (File Photo)

By Press Trust of India: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s lengthy march, which was suspended after the failed assassination try on get together chief Imran Khan final week, will resume on Thursday, two senior get together leaders mentioned on Monday.

Speaking to get together employees at Zaman Park in Lahore, Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi introduced that the lengthy march will resume on Thursday from the identical location the place the assault on Khan occurred.

Another senior chief Faisal Javed Khan additionally mentioned that the get together’s lengthy march will resume on November 10.

This is the third time that the get together has modified the date of the lengthy march which got here to a halt after the failed assassination bid on 70-year-old Khan.

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First, the get together had mentioned the march will resume on Tuesday, however later modified the date to Wednesday.

Fawad Chaudhry, former data minister and Senior Vice President of the get together, earlier in a tweet mentioned that the get together’s lengthy march will resume on Wednesday as a substitute of Tuesday at 2pm native time.

The march was launched on October 28 from Lahore with the goal to culminate in Islamabad on November 11 but it surely was stalled on November 3 at Wazirabad after gunmen fired at Khan’s container-mounted on a truck, killing one individual and injuring no less than 11 others, together with the PTI chairman.

Qureshi additionally mentioned that regardless of 72 hours, an FIR of the assault on Khan had nonetheless not been registered.

“The chief justice of the Supreme Court has intervened and instructed that the complaint should be registered within 24 hours,” he mentioned.

“The narrative of Imran Khan sahab is very clear […] that my complainant has reached the police and it is clear what my position is,” Qureshi mentioned, including that the get together’s utmost precedence in the intervening time was the FIR.

The concern of FIR was delayed as a consequence of variations between Khan and the provincial authorities as the previous needed to appoint Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and Maj Gen Faisal Naseer within the grievance.

The Punjab authorities and the provincial police are reluctant to incorporate the identify of the serving military basic within the FIR.

The delay within the FIR registration has stalled correct investigation into the crime.

Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial earlier ordered the police chief of Punjab to register the FIR in 24 hours and warned of taking suo motu motion if his orders weren’t carried out.

Separately, the Ministry of Interior requested the Punjab authorities to right away register the FIR of the firing incident, saying the report have to be “based on merits and not on conjectures or speculative allegations”.

In a letter addressed to the provincial chief secretary and Punjab inspector basic dated November 5, the ministry termed the delay within the registration of the FIR a “lacklustre response of the Punjab government to the unfortunate incident”.

“The delay is grossly illegal and has caused irreparable damage to prosecute the real accused,” the letter acknowledged, including that the case was “mishandled” by the Punjab authorities, making a regulation and order state of affairs within the province.

Khan, who’s presently recovering from his accidents, was nonetheless holding consultations together with his get together leaders concerning the registration of FIR at his residence in Zaman Park space of Lahore. He was discharged from the hospital on Sunday after present process profitable surgical procedure.

Qureshi advised a big public gathering at Clock Tower Chowk in Faisalabad on Sunday that Khan had requested him to guide the march in his place. He mentioned that even when he isn’t completely recovered, Khan will take part within the lengthy march in Rawalpindi, the Dawn newspaper reported.

He mentioned that the folks of Faisalabad and your complete nation demand that Prime Minister Sharif and Interior Minister Sanaullah give up since they’re the actual planners of the assault on Khan in Wazirabad.

Meanwhile, the PTI supporters as soon as once more resorted to protests by closing predominant roads of the main cities on Monday.

The main disturbance was witnessed in Rawalpindi the place the principle Murree Road and Peshawar Roads had been blocked. Commuters confronted issues, particularly these travelling to select their youngsters from colleges as the beginning of the protests coincided with the closing of instructional establishments.

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Nov 7, 2022