- PTI condemns ‘shameful raid’ at residence of PTI chief in broad daylight
ISLAMABAD: PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan on Saturday said that masked men, came in four vehicles, broke into his house, beaten his son and nephew and ‘misbehaved with women’, while he was attending the Supreme Court hearing regarding his party’s electoral symbol of “bat”.
During the hearing, the PTI chief told Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa that four pickup trucks were at his residence where they roughed up his family and also confiscated a computer and documents.
He asked the court to excuse him from the hearing and left. During his absence, the chief justice called Additional Attorney General Chaudhry Amir Rehman to the rostrum and said: “Nothing like this should happen, if it is happening.”
At this, the additional attorney general also left the court to take stock of the situation.
Following a brief absence, Gohar returned to the court, to which the chief justice asked if all was right.
The PTI chairman described the situation as “very serious” and wanted to tell more but was not given the permission by the chief justice, who again instructed the additional attorney general to get the situation “fixed”.
The PTI chairman was informed about the raid while he was attending the Supreme Court hearing regarding his party’s electoral symbol of “bat”.
During the hearing, Barrister Gohar informed Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa about the incident and claimed his son and nephew were “tortured”. He added that the police also confiscated a computer and documents.
The PTI chief asked the court to excuse him from the hearing and left. Meanwhile, the chief justice called Additional Attorney General Chaudhry Amir Rehman to the rostrum and said: “Whatever happened should not have happened.”
The additional attorney general said he would look into it and left the courtroom.
After a while, Barrister Gohar returned to the court, to which CJP Qazi Faez Isa asked if all was right. “The situation is very serious,” he responded. The chief justice directed the additional attorney general to resolve the matter.
Responding to the CJP, the additional attorney general said he has spoken with the home secretary and Islamabad IGP Dr Akbar Nasir Khan. “The home secretary and the IG are investigating what happened,” he told the court.
The PTI chairman wanted to tell more but was not given the permission by the chief justice, who told him to inform the additional attorney general instead. First tell the additional attorney general, if not heard by him, then inform the court.”
Speaking of the ‘police attack’, Barrister Gohar noted that the “limit has been crossed” now. “If we cannot resolve the issue, then you can tell us,” the chief justice responded.
Meanwhile, the Islamabad police – in a statement on X – claimed it received an update about the police reaching Barrister Gohar’s house.
“On a tip-off, the police reached a house in search of the wanted criminals. Upon reaching there, the police found out that the house belonged to Barrister Gohar and the police returned,” the Islamabad police claimed.
IG visit Gohar’s House
Later, the Islamabad IGP appeared before the court, CJP Isa pointed out the incident and said a complaint had been made before the court which was “completely intolerable” and ordered him to attend to it “immediately”.
CJP Isa asked the Dr Akbar whether he knew what had happened or not. At this, the IGP replied in affirmative. The IGP said the police had a tip-off about proclaimed offenders being present over there.
IG Akbar said since the time was short, he was unaware of who those people were exactly. However, he said when the police officials arrived at the place and were apprised that this was Barrister Gohar’s house, they returned.
The chief justice ordered the IGP to personally ask the family members present at his house about what had happened.
Implementing the apex judge’s order, IGP Islamabad visited Gohar’s residence along with the PTI chairman.
Dr Akbar Nasir Khan will investigate the ‘police raid’ himself. Barrister Gohar’s son apprised IG Islamabad about the incident. “Further action will be taken after Barrister Gohar is done with the court proceedings,” he added.
PTI strongly condemns raid at PTI Chief’s residence
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Spokesperson strongly condemned the masked men shameful raid at the residence of PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Khan in broad daylight and roughing up his family, while he was attending the Supreme Court (SC) hearing regarding his party’s electoral symbol of “bat”.
Reacting to the unlawful raid at the house of PTI Chairman by a group dressed in black, PTI Spokesperson said that the unidentified masked men roughed up Barrister Gohar Khan’s son, nephew and watchman.
He pointed out that the unknown attackers did not only ransack Barrister Gohar’s house, but they also confiscated valuables including computers and important documents.
PTI Spokesperson stated that PTI Chairman was attending the Supreme Court hearing pertaining to his party’s electoral symbol of “bat” when the unidentified masked men raised his house.
He noted that these types of criminal and shameful tactics at the final stages of candidate submission of tickets for general elections aimed at intimidating and harassing PTI’s candidates were unconstitutional and totally intolerable.
PTI Spokesperson pointed out that the sole purpose of this shameful series of fascism and cruelty was to keep PTI out of the election arena.
He urged that it was responsibility of the top court to bring to justice the criminal facilitators involved in the ongoing state operation and repression against PTI’s candidates and to expose the conspiracy to exclude the country’s largest party from the election.
