- Says govt using May 9 arson as a pretext to dismantle PTI instead of investigating it
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has raised a question as to why no investigation was carried out into the 16 unarmed protesters shot dead by our security forces while no police was injured by any bullets.
The PTI Chairman shared a video carrying details of the martyred PTI workers on his twitter handle on Tuesday and said: “Question that needs to be asked is, how come there is no investigation so far on 16 unarmed protesters confirmed shot dead by our security forces while no police was injured by any bullets.
وہ سوال جسے (موجودہ حالات میں) اٹھانے کی اشد ضرورت ہے وہ یہ کہ ہمارے سیکیورٹی اہلکاروں کی جانب سے اب تک 16 نہتّے (پاکستانی) مظاہرین کے قتل، جن کی تصدیق ہوچکی ہے، کی کوئی تحقیقات کیوں نہیں کی گئیں جبکہ کوئی بھی پولیس اہلکار (اس دوران) گولی لگنے سے زخمی نہیں ہوا۔ گولیوں کے زخموں کی… pic.twitter.com/jl1GSyQGKs
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) June 20, 2023
“Three of the unarmed protesters, because of bullet wounds, had to have their legs amputated while 9 others who are suspected to have died, we have no news as their relatives are either underground or too scared of the police to speak out,” he added.
Imran Khan said that in any society where there was rule of law, by now there would have been a thorough probe and government would have been held accountable.
However, the PTI Chairman stated that there had been no independent investigation even on the arson that took place on the 9th of May as the government was busy using that as a pretext to dismantle Pakistan’s biggest political party.
