Shahbaz Gill terms road accident an 'assassination' attempt

Shahbaz Gill terms road accident an 'assassination' attempt

Pakistan

Shahbaz Gill terms road accident an ‘assassination’ attempt

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former special assistant Dr Shahbaz Gill has said that he has escaped an “assassination attempt”.

It may be recalled that Shahbaz Gill s car met an accident on the motorway in which he was injured.

According to sources, the PTI leader was on his way to Islamabad from Lahore and was scheduled to appear in the Islamabad High Court on Friday. He had also been granted interim bail by the apex court till May 6.

Sources further said that Shahbaz Gill had sought interim bail from the IHC in view of possible arrest in the Madina incident.

He had expressed concern that a vehicle hit his vehicle from behind as a result of which his car turned turtle. Immediately after the accident, the motorway police officials reached the spot and the injured was shifted to the hospital.

The former special assistant on his Twitter handle wrote after the accident, “I want to tell those who carried out the murderous attack on me that I am alive because of the prayers of my almighty Allah and the nation and my car was deliberately hit, it was planned.

In another tweet, he wrote that he stood with Khan and will stand by his side. I want to tell the nation today that they will also attack Khan, they will try to silence us at all costs. The local handlers of the external conspiracy and traitors know that the PTI chairman and his associates will not sit quietly and will expose everyone.




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