Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Aamer Farooq has said the intelligence reports had revealed that there were fears of an attack on former prime minister Imran Khan, adding that “the government and the state have the responsibility to look into this aspect.”
He passed these remarks after a report was presented in court detailing looming threats to the PTI chairman during the long march. The IHC took up a petition pertaining to the inconvenience caused by the PTI protest today.
At one point during the hearing, the IHC CJ said: “Lodging a protest is the right of political and non-political entities, but the rights of citizens should not be violated in its wake.”
The hearing was adjourned till Nov 22.The Islamabad High Court has asked the PTI to submit a fresh application to the Islamabad administration if the party intended to hold public gathering in the capital.
Hearing a petition pertaining to the inconvenience the PTI long march may likely cause to the public upon its arrival in Islamabad, IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq remarked that the administration must ensure there should be no closure of roads, if the permission for the public meeting was granted.
"The capital administration must make sure the rights of people do not get violated," the IHC CJ noted.
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Wazirabad has granted the police 12-day physical remand of Naveed, who opened fire on PTI chairman Imran Khan during the party's long march on Nov 3.
Earlier today, the police presented Naveed before the court with the plea of a 30-day remand. The police said that they need to investigate the suspect further, recover weapons from his custody and collect scientific evidence.
Subsequently, Judge Rana Zahid Iqbal approved Naveed's 12-day physical remand and directed the police to present him in court on Nov 29.
During the hearing today, the court also ordered an inquiry against the investigation officers in the case for presenting the suspect in court 10 days after the registration of a first information report.
"The head of the JIT (joint investigating team) is being instructed to probe and fix responsibility against the delinquents under intimation to this court till next date of hearing, failing which the law shall take its own course," the judge directed.
