Case against Imran Khan
Son of slain SC lawyer registers case in Quetta against Imran
BHC Bar condemns government’s allegations against PTI chief
QUETTA: The son of senior Supreme Court lawyer Advocate Abdul RazzaqShar, who was killed in a drive-by shooting in Quetta a day earlier, has registered a case against PTI chief Imran Khan, alleging his father was killed at the latter’s behest.
Shar was shot dead by unidentified assailants near Alamo Chowk on Airport Road on Tuesday. Police said that the deceased was on his way to the Balochistan High Court when his vehicle came under attack by unknown men armed with automatic weapons.
The first information report (FIR) was registered on the complaint of Shar’s son, Advocate Siraj Ahmed, at Quetta’s ShaheedJamil police station on June 6.
It invoked sections 302 (intentional murder), 109 (punishment for abetment if the act abetted is committed in consequence and where no express provision is made for its punishment) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of a common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code, read with Sections 6 and 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997.
According to the FIR, Ahmed pointed out that his father had filed a petition under Article 6 of the Constitution against the PTI chief and he was “certain” about the involvement of the former premier and others from the PTI in his father’s murder because of this case.The complainant sought legal action against the PTI chief.
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According to the complainant, unidentified men on a motorcycle “blindly fired” at his father on the Airport Road at 9:20am while he was on his way to the court.
It was found after a “cursory examination” of the body that the deceased had suffered eight wounds on his face, neck, right arm, chest, waist and right leg, the FIR stated.
Meanwhile, lawyers continued to boycott court proceedings across Balochistan for a second day on Wednesday.Quetta Bar Association President AbidKakar said the boycott would continue for three days. He also demanded a transparent investigation into Shar’s killing.“We won’t sit quietly until Shar’s murderers are arrested,” Kakar added.
In a separate statement, the Balochistan High Court Bar Association condemned the government’s allegations against the PTI chief. “A responsible government official blamed the leader of a political party for the murder without taking the lawyers’ associations and the deceased’s family into confidence,” the statement said, adding that the allegations were levelled for “political gains”.
The statement highlighted that the government’s accusations were an “attempt to influence the investigation”. The association demanded that restraint be observed in issuing such “careless statements” and demanded that the FIR of the murder be lodged immediately. Agencies
