LAHORE: Former Prime Minister and PTI chairman Imran Khan has refused to drop the name of Major General Faisal from the FIR despite CM Punjab Chaudhry Pervez Elahi’s efforts to persuade him.
Imran Khan, in his speech from SKMH’s bed after failed assassination bid, named PM Shehbaz Sharif, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and Major General Faisal as the culprits behind attempt on his life.
However, Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervez Elahi reportedly tried to persuade the PTI chief to withdraw the army officer name from the complaint.
IGP Faisal Shahkar, several senior government officials, and the provincial law minister attended the Punjab cabinet meeting on Friday, where the issue was also discussed.
CM Elahi is against the ‘logic’ of nominating the senior army officer in the case. The CM and PTI leaders held many meetings on the issue where the former attempted to convince them to drop the name of the army officer, Dawn reported citing sources.
According to report, police chief conveyed to the government that the FIR had been the first authentic document about the commission of the cognizable of offence to start investigations.
Unfortunately, the investigation process in this respect has come to a grinding halt, despite the detention of three suspects, including the alleged shooter who was caught red-handed on the spot.
At the cabinet meeting, the IGP told other participants that the police had not received any application to register the FIR of an assassination attempt on former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Regarding the formation of a Joint Investigation Team (JIT), the Punjab police were of the opinion it would be premature to form a JIT before even lodging the case.
The meeting remained inconclusive when it was apprised that CM Elahi and the PTI’s top leadership would discuss the matter in another round of meetings to be held late on Friday.
