Citing the “illegal” raid on his Lahore residence, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Monday urged Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial to launch a comprehensive inquiry into “assassination attempts” that continuously threatened his life.
The PTI chief, in his March 20 letter to the apex court judge, alleged that the “illegal” raid by the group of police on Zaman Park — while he was at the Islamabad Judicial Complex for his court hearing in the Toshakhana case — was evidence that his life was under threat.
Imran Khan, in his letter, also said that he had been consistently requesting for video link facility from courts for multiple court appearances because his “life is at risk”.
“With no security provided to me and with one assassination plot already attempted against my life in Wazirabad, I have been placing my life at risk every time I have to make a court appearance,” he added.
On November 3 last year, the ousted premier — who was removed from power through a parliamentary vote — survived a life attempt during a rally in Wazirabad, Punjab.
The PTI chief further said that the events on his Saturday appearance at the Islamabad Judicial Complex lent credence to his assertions that his life was indeed at risk.
The former prime minister also wrote: “When we arrived in Islamabad and were moving towards the judicial complex, we were trapped on all sides by containers to block my arrival at the complex and before the magistrate to deliberately try and create a false situation of “no show”.
“To provoke the mass of people gathered in support, the police and Rangers resorted to tear gas and baton charge against ordinary unarmed citizens and the PTI leadership accompanying me. What was worse was the police stationed on the roof of the complex started hurling stones into the crowds (videos are all available).
“When I was halfway through the gate of the complex the police attacked the workers around my car without any provocation.”
He said he realised something was “amiss” and that “it was not my arrest that was being planned but my assassination.”
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