Pakistan's Joint Investigation Team Summons Imran Khan For Questioning On Jinnah House Attacks

Khan has been accused of allegedly encouraging the attackers who set fire to the Jinnah House at the time of his arrest.

Imran Khan at anti-terrorism court post his arrest

Source : PTI

A joint investigation team (JIT) on Tuesday summoned the former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan for questioning in the case of the violent attack on the historic Corps Commander House or the Jinnah House which took place on May 9. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief has been asked to appear before the JIT at the Qilla Gujjar police headquarters at 4 pm for questioning in a case registered with the Sarwar Road police station regarding the attack. Khan has been accused of allegedly encouraging the attackers who set fire to the Jinnah House at the time of his arrest.

The former prime minister will be questioned to determine the extent of his involvement in the attack. Alongside Khan, a number of other senior PTI leaders and activists have been named in the FIR.

Punjab Home Department has constituted 10 different JITs to probe into the matter. The former prime minister has been named in several FIRs lodged at different police stations in the province, reported news agency PTI.

Khan had a conversation with his legal counsel after getting the JIT's notice, but it has not yet been determined if the PTI chairman would show up or not.

The Jinnah House was torched on May 9 by some arsonists following anti-government protests against the arrest of Khan, reported news agency PTI.

Chaos erupted in Pakistan following Khan's arrest. The Exodus of PTI leaders began as security forces launched a crackdown against the party post their attacks on the civil as well as military institutions. At least eight people died in those protests. A violent protestor torched a static plane in Punjab's Mianwali district which is the hometown of Imran Khan. The said protestor also vandalised an ISI building in Faisalabad. 

Post the attack on the ISI building, the mob stormed the Army headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi for the first time. As per police, during the two-day violent protests, they witnessed more than a dozen military installations being vandalised.