Imran Khan added to no-fly list: Pakistan Media

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) head and former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been added to the no-fly list, Pakistan Media reported on Thursday citing sources. Daily tweeted citing sources. Pakistan Daily is a digital news portal in Pakistan that mainly reports on political updates from Pakistan.

However, there has been no official confirmation that Imran Khan will be added to the no-fly list. This comes a day after Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said the government is considering imposing a ban on Pakistani Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) over the incidents that took place on May 9, Dawn reported. .

Speaking to the media in Islamabad, Khawaja Asif said: “No decision has been made yet, but a review is surely underway.” He called the vandalism of military installations across Pakistan on May 9 “coordinated attacks” planned by PTI Chairman Imran Khan, according to Dawn.

Earlier, Dawn reported that the police department had submitted the names of 245 PTI activists, including three former members of the provincial assembly, to the federal government for inclusion on the Provisional National Identification List (PNIL), to prevent them from leaving. the country.

Attributing it to the sources, Dawn wrote on Thursday that the Rawalpindi district police gave around 319 names on their wanted list and sent the names of 245 PTI activists who are in Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) custody. . The remaining 74 people have yet to be arrested.

Dawn is one of the leading media outlets in Pakistan reporting on national and international issues related to Pakistan. Dawn had reported that on Tuesday, Lahore police applied for 746 PTI leaders to be placed on the no-fly list, with the aim of imposing a one-month restriction on their travel abroad. Following the request made by the Rawalpindi Police, the total number of PTI activists who can be listed stands at 991.

According to the PNIL, people on the police wanted list are not allowed to fly out of the country for 30 days, Dawn wrote, citing a senior police official. After reviewing the cases of those arrested, police finalized the names of 245 people arrested during and after May. 9 violence. These names were then sent to the FIA ​​to restrict their travel by air, land or sea routes.

Among those still wanted by the police but not yet arrested are former PTI MPA Rashid Hafeez, Sheikh Rasheed’s nephew; Fayyazul Hassan Chohan, who was previously detained and later released; and Umar Tanveer Butt, Dawn reported. According to information provided to the federal government, 31 suspects were revealed to have been arrested by RA Bazar police in connection with the GHQ attack, while another 27 wanted by police remain at large, Dawn reported.

The temporary travel restrictions were proposed by the police after identifying PTI supporters involved in violent protests through video clips, CCTV footage, intelligence and geo-fencing. Under the supervision of City Police Officer (CPO) Syed Khalid Hamdani, the police investigation team arrested 104 suspects in connection with the GHQ attack case and completed identification parades of 23 people.

Police have been ordered to expedite legal proceedings against those arrested in connection with the May 9 violence, Dawn reported. In this regard, the police have also requested the Punjab Home Department to set up a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to investigate terrorism. related cases registered under section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA). A police campaign is underway to arrest the suspects wanted in connection with these cases.

Meanwhile, the officers stated that two separate police teams, each supervised by a Police Superintendent, have been formed to arrest the Punjab and KP PTI leaders and activists. They added that Punjab and KP police are being contacted to help arrest people wanted by capital police in connection with the cases, Dawn reported. However, the feedback received from the KP police was not encouraging, according to the officers.

They explained that the capital’s police received a response indicating that they are likely to encounter significant resistance during house raids for arrests, since it is against local culture for strangers to enter their homes. The capital police also asked the Ministry of the Interior to put the names. of the PTI leaders in the PNIL and the Exit Control List (ECL), who continue to be fugitives in relation to the cases registered against them for violence in May 2022 and 2023.

(With ANI entries)

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