Rawalpindi Checkpoint Firing: Man Allegedly Linked To PTI Shot Dead By Security Forces

Islamabad:
Secu ity
fo ces
o
Tuesday
shot
dead
a
ma ,
whom
police
claimed
was
affiliated
with
the
Pakista
Teh eek-e-I saf
pa ty,
afte
he
allegedly
ope ed
fi e
o
them
at
a
check
post
o
the
Mall
Road
close
to
the
a my’s
Ge e al
Headqua te s
i
the
ga iso
city
of
Rawalpi di.

“The
attacke ,
Muhammad
Hussai ,
was
immediately
killed
i
etaliato y
fi e,”
said
a
stateme t
by
Rawalpi di
police.

The
police
added
that
evide ce
skimmed
f om
the
mobile
pho e
of
the
dead
ma
showed
that
he
was
associated
with
a
political
pa ty.

The
“li ks
have
eme ged
f om
his
mobile
pho e
a d
othe
belo gi gs,”
they
said.

“Law
e fo ceme t
age cies
emai
fully
p epa ed
a d
committed
to
elimi ati g
all
fo ms
of
te o ism
a d
i citeme t
to
u est,& dquo;
police
said.

Citi g
secu ity
sou ces,
state- u
PTV
News
said
the
assaila t
was
a
eside t
of
Khybe
dist ict
a d
a
“active
PTI
membe “.
A
PTI
flag,
bullets
a d
weapo s
we e
also
ecove ed
f om
him,
it
added.

I fo matio
Mi iste
Attaullah
Ta a
slammed
PTI& squo;s
“politics
of
viole ce& dquo;
afte
state
media
epo ted
the
i cide t.
He
said
the e
was
” o
easo
fo
ope i g
fi e
o
secu ity
pe so el.”
Mea while,
PTI
dista ced
itself
f om
the
i cide t,
sayi g
it
had
othi g
to
do
with
te o ism
a d
that
effo ts
we e
bei g
made
to
li k
the
pa ty
to
it.

The
pa ty’s
Islamabad
egio al
p eside t
Ami
Mughal
said
the
pa ty
believed
i
peaceful
a d
u a med
political
st uggle
a d
ejected
a y
attempt
to
associate
it
with
acts
of
viole ce.

The
pa ty
has
bee
t yi g
to
mobilise
masses
to
p otest
agai st
the
i ca ce atio
of
its
fou de

Im a
Kha ,
who
has
bee
i
jail
si ce
August
5,
2023.& bsp;

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