Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s sisters – Aleema Khan and Uzma Khan – on Friday recorded their statements before the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) investigating the May 9 attacks on civilian and military installations.
Riots erupted almost across the country after the arrest of the PTI chief in the £190 million Al-Qadir Trust case on May 9, which left at least eight people dead and several injured, after which authorities ordered the PTI Thousands of IK workers were arrested. .
During the protests, miscreants attacked civil and military installations including the Corps Commander’s House (Jinah House) in Lahore Cantt and the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi.
The army declared May 9 as “Black Day” and decided to try the protesters under the Army Act.
According to police sources, Alima and Uzma appeared before the JIT and recorded their statements in 4 cases related to the May 9 riot.
In their statements, both sisters denied their involvement in the attack on Jinnah House and the damage to public property during the violent protests that erupted after Khan’s arrest.
Uzma, however, admitted that she was present at the protest outside Jinnah House but denied being involved in the vandalism inside the house.
Alimah in her testimony told the JIT that she was at her residence in Zaman Park during the May protests.
On July 24, the Anti-Terrorism Court initiated proceedings to declare 21 PTI leaders, including Aleema and Uzma, absconders for not cooperating with the investigation in the May 9 cases.
The police informed the court that despite being aware of their involvement in the cases, the PTI leaders did not follow the investigation and are currently absconding.
The police requested the court to declare him a fugitive. Later, the court considered the request of the police to declare Alima, Uzma, Aslam Iqbal, Hamad Azhar, Farrukh Habib, Murad Saeed, Zubair Niazi, Hasan Niazi, Ali Amin Gandapur, Azam Swati, Andalib Abbas and others as advertisers. Action started. .
On the other hand, the ousted prime minister blamed “persons from agencies” for the arson and firing in some areas during the May 9 violent protests.
In a tweet from his official handle, the former prime minister said his party had “substantial evidence” to prove that agency personnel had started arson and arson during the protests to blame the Tehreek-e-Insaf. Fired.
