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PTI leader criticises killing of gunman near Rawalpindi army HQ
A senior leader of Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party has condemned the killing of a gunman who opened fire at a check post near the army's General Headquarters in Rawalpindi. Shafiullah Jan,…
The Story in Brief
A senior leader of Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party has condemned the killing of a gunman who opened fire at a check post near the army's General Headquarters in Rawalpindi. Shafiullah Jan, information minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said the deceased, Muhammad Hussain, was reportedly suffering from mental health issues. Rawalpindi police claimed links from the attacker's mobile phone showed he was associated with a political party, and state-run PTV News reported he was an active PTI member.
The party's Islamabad regional president, Amir Mughal, rejected any attempt to link PTI with violence, saying the party believes in peaceful political struggle. The incident comes as PTI tries to mobilise protests against Khan's incarceration since August 2023.
The Indian Opinion
Both sides in this case are rushing to fit the tragedy into their own narratives. The police point to a phone and party flag to tag the attacker as PTI; PTI leaders invoke mental illness to distance themselves. Neither approach serves the truth. A single question remains: did investigators independently verify the deceased's state of mind before reaching their conclusions? That answer will determine whether this is a security lapse or a political victimisation.
Source: deccanherald.com
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