Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran KhanImage Credit source: AFP
In Pakistan, former Prime Minister Imran Khan is getting into trouble day by day. Now it has been claimed by the police of Punjab province that the conspiracy to attack the Corps Commander and other buildings in Lahore was hatched from Imran Khan’s house and the former PM and his associates were behind it. The police have also said that all the rioters were in contact with top PTI leaders at Zaman Park.
According to ‘Dawn News’, the police, citing the geo-fencing report, said that it has traced 400 such phone calls which were made from around Zaman Park. These phone calls were allegedly made by PTI leaders to instigate them to march towards the army officer’s residence and other sensitive public buildings in Lahore Cantt.
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According to the report, Inspector General of Punjab Police Usman Anwar has confirmed the geo-fencing records and the alleged use of Imran Khan’s residence for planning the attack on the corps commander’s residence. At the same time, another police officer claimed that 135 phone calls were allegedly made to party leaders and rioters to incite them to attack. He said that in all these, Imran Khan is the main suspect who had planned the attack on the Corps Commander’s house.
Six PTI leaders received 225 phone calls
The police officer said that the call records show that all the phone calls were made on May 8 and May 9. In two days, 225 callers were in touch with at least six PTI leaders. The six include Hammad Azhar, Yasmin Rashid, Mahmudur Rashid, Ejaz Chaudhary, Aslam Iqbal and Murad Ras. These were the people who were giving directions to the rioters. Yasmin Rashid had received 41 calls from different workers.
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In this way, 10 phone calls were made to the suspects on behalf of Hammad Azhar. Whereas, Rashid had received 75 calls. While Ejaz Chowdhary, Aslam Iqbal and Murad Ras got 50, 16 and 23 calls respectively. Let us tell you that violent protests started in Pakistan when the Pakistani Ranger was arrested in Islamabad in the Al-Qadir Trust case.
