– CCPO Lahore appointed as head of JIT to probe Wazirabad shooting incident
From Abid Usman
LAHORE: The head of the joint investigation team (JIT) probing into PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s attempted assassination case has been changed once again and replaced with the Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Lahore Ghulam Mehmood Dogar as its convener.
This is the third time that the JIT has been reconstituted, while its head has been changed for the second time.
The government of Punjab has issued a notification in this regard informing the appointment of Regional Police Officer (RPO) Dera Ghazi Khan Syed Khurram as the JIT’s member, along with Assistant Inspector General of the province’s investigation branch Ehsanullah Chauhan.
Other members of the JIT include Superintendent of Police Potohar Rawalpindi Malik Tariq Mehmood and SP counter-terrorism department Naseebullah.
Sources stated that CCPO Lahore Dogar has been appointed as the JIT’s head at Imran Khan’s suggestion. The JIT will investigate the attack on the former prime minister in Wazirabad.
It should be noted that Dogar — the cop who remains at the centre of the federal and provincial government’s feud — was suspended by the federal government as CCPO Lahore Dogar with immediate effect on November 5.
The development came a day after an angry mob of PTI supporters staged a protest demonstration outside the Governor House in Lahore against the attack on Khan.
Dogar, however, challenged Centre’s decision in the Lahore High Court, after which the Federal Services Tribunal declared his suspension “against the law”.
Besides, Former prime minister Imran Khan reiterated that prosperity and economic stability are linked to the judicial system of our country.
Addressing the Haqeeqi Azadi marchers via a video link, Khan requested Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial to hear the three “landmark cases” registered by the PTI, Arshad Sharif’s murder, Azam Swati’s custodial torture, and the Wazirabad FIR issue.
Khan stated that being a citizen of Pakistan it is his constitutional right to register an FIR; however, despite being the former prime minister of the country his FIR after the attack on him wasn’t registered.
The PTI chief further added that the coalition government urges him to wait for general elections, “but I can’t wait because I worried about the economic situation of the country.”
“I am sure that like landslide victory in by-elections PTI will clean sweep all other parties even if elections are held as per schedule but we can’t wait for a year because the country is in a crisis,” he added.
