ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday appointed PML-N leader Attaullah Tarar as his Special Assistant on Interior and Legal Affairs – a move bring described as tactical to shield Tarar from the JIT probing into assassination attempt on Imran Khan wherein Tarar is an accused and he along with Marriyum Aurangzeb, Rana Sanaullah and Javed latif have been summoned for questioning.
A Joint Investigation Team (JIT), constituted to probe the attack on the PTI chairman, has summoned Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, Attaullah Tarar and other federal ministers on Saturday (today) in connection with Wazirabad shooting incident.
A notification was also issued by the Cabinet Division in this regard. Tarar was earlier serving as Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Narcotics Control. Earlier on July 28, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) leader was appointed as the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister, which is equivalent to the status of a Federal Minister.
Tarar is the Deputy Secretary General of PML-N and had served as the Home Minister and the Spokesperson of the Punjab Government in Hamza Shehbaz’s shortlived cabinet.
JIT summon
A Joint Investigation Team (JIT), constituted to probe the attack on former premier and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, has summoned Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, Attaullah Tarar, Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb and PML-N leader Javed Latif in relation to attack on Imran Khan during PTI’s Long March in Wazirabad.
The PML-N leaders have been summoned to the office of the Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Lahore on Saturday (Dec 17).
A day earlier, the JIT recorded statements of three people including Punjab Minister Yasmeen Rashid. The investigation team headed by CCPO Lahore Ghulam Mahmood Dogar is probing the case.
The JIT recorded statements of Dr Yasmeen Rashid, Zubair Khan Niazi and Umer Farooq and were also cross-examined.
It is pertinent to mention here that Imran Khan and several other PTI leaders were injured after a man opened fire near the PTI reception camp at Allahwala Chowk during party’s long march.
According to details, unidentified assailants opened fire on PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s container near the Allahwala Chowk in Wazirabad, injuring six people and killing one.
