LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Tuesday convicted three suspects allegedly involved in a gun attack on jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan during a protest rally in Punjab province in 2022.
Key accused Naveed Mehar was allegedly involved in the November 2022 firing on the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), while his associates Waqas and Tayyab provided him with arms.
One activist was killed and 14 others, including Khan, were injured in a gun attack in Wazirabad area, about 150 km from Lahore, where the party's "Haqeeq Azadi" (real freedom) march was held against the then federal government led by Shehba Sharif. . Stopped on the way to Islamabad.
Khan, 71, was reportedly hit by three bullets in his leg.Mehar, the main gunman suspect, was captured by operatives from the crime scene.
"On Tuesday, the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Gujranwala heard the case of attack on Imran Khan, in which charges were framed against three suspects. The suspects present in the court pleaded innocent," a court official said. Hearing.
According to the allegations, Mehar opened fire at the container where Khan had boarded with other leaders, the officer said. The bullet hit Khan's leg. The other two suspects – Waqas and Tayyab – had provided weapons to Mehar.The court adjourned the hearing till May 25.
Khan had termed the attack as a "planned assassination attempt" and named then Major-General Faisal Naseer of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) as being behind it. He had also accused Naseer of the murder of Pakistani TV anchor Arshad Sharif in Kenya.
Khan had also named Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and then Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah as co-conspirators in the assassination attempt.
Khan had said, “There were two to three people behind the conspiracy to murder me. I know that the country's armed forces are making sacrifices for the country, but there are black sheep in every institution.Khan has been lodged in Rawalpindi's high-security Adiala jail on multiple charges since August last year.
The Punjab Police investigation into the case claimed that in addition to the gun attack from the ground by the main suspect Mehar, the shots were fired by "three unidentified shooters" from a great height.
Key accused Naveed Mehar was allegedly involved in the November 2022 firing on the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), while his associates Waqas and Tayyab provided him with arms.
One activist was killed and 14 others, including Khan, were injured in a gun attack in Wazirabad area, about 150 km from Lahore, where the party's "Haqeeq Azadi" (real freedom) march was held against the then federal government led by Shehba Sharif. . Stopped on the way to Islamabad.
Khan, 71, was reportedly hit by three bullets in his leg.Mehar, the main gunman suspect, was captured by operatives from the crime scene.
"On Tuesday, the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Gujranwala heard the case of attack on Imran Khan, in which charges were framed against three suspects. The suspects present in the court pleaded innocent," a court official said. Hearing.
According to the allegations, Mehar opened fire at the container where Khan had boarded with other leaders, the officer said. The bullet hit Khan's leg. The other two suspects – Waqas and Tayyab – had provided weapons to Mehar.The court adjourned the hearing till May 25.
Khan had termed the attack as a "planned assassination attempt" and named then Major-General Faisal Naseer of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) as being behind it. He had also accused Naseer of the murder of Pakistani TV anchor Arshad Sharif in Kenya.
Khan had also named Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and then Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah as co-conspirators in the assassination attempt.
Khan had said, “There were two to three people behind the conspiracy to murder me. I know that the country's armed forces are making sacrifices for the country, but there are black sheep in every institution.Khan has been lodged in Rawalpindi's high-security Adiala jail on multiple charges since August last year.
The Punjab Police investigation into the case claimed that in addition to the gun attack from the ground by the main suspect Mehar, the shots were fired by "three unidentified shooters" from a great height.
