LAHORE – 53 joint investigation teams (JITs) were established on Saturday by the Punjab interim administration to look into the assaults of May 9.
According to reports, the government established a JIT for each occurrence that Additional Prosecutor General Khurram Khan subsequently made known. Mr. Khan also established teams for the prosecution to work with the JITs.
A joint investigative team (JIT) was previously established by the Punjab Home Department to look into instances of destruction and arson at the Jinnah House that occurred during rallies organised by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
SSP Examination The JIT’s convener, Iqbal Town Aqeela Niaz Naqvi, was chosen in addition to four other Punjab Police officials.
After PTI leader Imran Khan was taken into custody from the Islamabad High Court (IHC) grounds in the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case on May 9, violent demonstrations broke out. In retaliation for the PTI leader’s detention, his party members destroyed a dozen military facilities, including the Mianwali airfield and the Lahore Corps Commander’s House.
The crowd also invaded the Army headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi for the first time, which was strongly denounced by the nation’s political and military authorities.
Following the incident, which the Pakistan Army and governing coalition referred to as a “dark day” in the nation’s history, thousands of PTI supporters were detained.
The trial of the thugs responsible for the May 9 assault on the corps commander’s home began earlier this week at a military court.
16 participants in the violent event were ordered to turn themselves in to the military by the Lahore anti-terrorism court (ATC). The perpetrators of the assault on Jinnah House, the corps commander’s official house, were then brought before a military court.
The commanding commander requested that the 16 accused be detained in accordance with military law. The request was granted, and the ATC ordered that the criminals be turned over to the military. Mian Akram Usman, a former member of the provincial legislature, is one of the accused who will likely go on trial under the Army Act of 1952.
The court ordered the superintendent of the Camp Jail to send the 16 prisoners to the commander for further procedures after finding that the prosecution did not object to the commander’s plea.
Ammar Zohaib, Ali Iftikhar, Ali Raza, Muhammad Arsalan, Muhammad Umair, Muhammad Rahim, Ziaul Rehman, Waqas Ali, Rais Ahmed, Faisal Arshad, Muhammad Bilal, Fahim Haider, Arzam Junaid, Mian Akram Usman, Muhammad Hasher Khan, and Hasan Shakir were among the accused, according to sources.
On May 22, the National Assembly issued a resolution promising to prosecute rioters responsible for the May 9 assaults on military and government facilities in accordance with current legislation, such as the Army Act and the Anti-Terrorism Act.