Police raid PTI chairman's Islamabad residence, manhandle his son and nephew
Pakistan
Police raid PTI chairman’s Islamabad residence, manhandle his son and nephew
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Unidentified masked men barged into the residence of PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan and assaulted his son and nephew on Saturday, while the barrister was attending the Supreme Court hearing on his party's electoral symbol "bat".
According to details, Gohar Ali Khan received a phone call about the incident while the proceedings were in progress in the courtroom.
The PTI chief informed Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa that four pickup trucks were present at his residence, where his family was mistreated, and valuable items like a computer and documents were confiscated. He requested the court to excuse him temporarily.
— PTI (@PTIofficial) January 13, 2024
During his absence, CJP Isa summoned Additional Attorney General Chaudhry Amir Rehman to address the situation, and emphasising that such incidents should not occur.
After a brief absence, Gohar returned to the court and described the situation to the chief justice as "very serious".
Although he was not given permission to elaborate, CJP Isa instructed the additional attorney general to take care of the matter.
The additional attorney general said he had spoken with the home secretary and IGP Dr Akbar Nasir Khan.
“The home secretary and the IG are investigating what happened,” he told the court.
Gohar chose not to accompany the state lawyer as he wanted to continue with the hearing.
Meanwhile the Islamabad Police later in the day stated that the DPO had visited Gohar's residence on the instructions of Islamabad Capital City Police Officer Dr Akbar Nasir Khan.
“DPO City has met Barrister Gohar’s nephew Muhammad Yusuf and obtained preliminary information,” the capital city police said in a post on X.
“Further action will be taken after Barrister Gohar is done with the court proceedings.
“The law is equal for all and no exception will be made for anyone. If any police officer is guilty, action will be taken against him.”
The law enforcers further claimed that neither any kind of violence was done to anyone nor any documents were taken.
— Islamabad Police (@ICT_Police) January 13, 2024
They added that the police reached a house in search of the wanted criminals on a tip-off only to discover it belonged to Gohar Ali Khan.
“It was a routine operation. Further investigations are being carried out.”
