JIT probing assassination attempt on Imran Khan stops working after suspension of its head
The Hindu
"The JIT is no more functional after the Federal Service Tribunal allowed the federal government's decision to suspend Lahore police chief Ghulam Mahmood Dogar, who is its head," a senior officer of the Punjab police said.
“The joint investigation team (JIT) probing the November 3 gun attack on Pakistan’s former premier Imran Khan has stopped working after its head is suspended from service,” a senior police officer said on November 26.
Imran Khan, the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, suffered bullet injuries in the right leg when two gunmen fired a volley of bullets at him and others standing on a container-mounted truck in the Wazirabad area, where he was leading the march against the government to press for snap elections.
He has blamed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and Major General Faisal Naseer for hatching a plot to assassinate him.
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"The JIT investigating the assassination attempt on the life of former premier Imran Khan is no more functional after the Federal Service Tribunal allowed the federal government's decision to suspend Lahore police chief Ghulam Mahmood Dogar, who is its (JIT) head," a senior officer of the Punjab police told PTI on Saturday.
There had been a tussle between the Shehbaz Sharif government and the Punjab administration where Mr. Khan's PTI is ruling in coalition with the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) over the appointment of Mr. Dogar as Lahore police head.
The officer said Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi will soon nominate the new head of the JIT in case there is no provision in law to retain Mr. Dogar as JIT head.
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