LAHORE: Hassaan Niazi, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s nephew and his focal person on legal affairs, has been handed over to a military court for trial, a police report submitted to the Lahore High Court (LHC) Friday stated.
Hassaan, as per the report, will be investigated and tried by the military following his nomination as the prime suspect in the case pertaining to the Jinnah House attack in Lahore, which was triggered after the PTI chief’s arrest in Islamabad on May 9.
The police, the report added, had arrested Hassaan from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He was, however, later handed over to the Quetta Police and then to the military at the commanding officer’s request.
Hassaan, who is also the party chief’s focal person on legal affairs, was earlier handed over to the Quetta police on August a day after his arrest late Sunday night from Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The development was confirmed by his father Hafeezullah Khan on his social media account.
However, the case in which Hassaan was apprehended remained unknown.
The police earlier said that Hassaan was involved in May 9 riots and attack on sensitive military installations. “Niazi is wanted by the Lahore police for his involvement in the attack on Jinnah House (Lahore’s Corps Commander House),” it added. –Agencies
