PTI Leaders Not Named in Interim Government’s Report on May 9 Violence
Islamabad: In the report submitted by the interim government’s cabinet committee regarding the alleged incitement to violence on May 9, 2023, the names of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) President Chaudhry Pervez Elahi and Deputy Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi have been notably absent.
The report, which was presented before the current federal cabinet, details the involvement of several PTI leaders in the attacks on military installations. While it includes accusations against PTI Chairman Imran Khan, accusing him of actively planning the May 9 incidents, neither Pervez Elahi nor Shah Mehmood Qureshi are mentioned.
Despite their absence from the report, both leaders continue to face multiple FIRs related to the May 9 events. The report highlights how numerous PTI leaders allegedly incited violence, describing it as an unprecedented assault on state institutions.
The omission of Pervez Elahi and Shah Mehmood Qureshi from the interim government’s report raises questions, especially as both are embroiled in legal battles related to the events of May 8.
Other PTI figures named in the report for various reasons related to the May 9 violence include Hammad Azhar, Zartaj, Murad Saeed, Farrukh Habib, Ali Amin Gandapur, Ali Zaid, Anum Shaikh, Shandana Gulzar Khan, Kanwal Shozab, Senator Ejaz Chaudhry, Faisal Javed, and Shahriyar Afridi.
The report also includes names like Omar Malik, Dr. Yasmin Rashid, Mian Mahmood-ur-Rashid, Jamshed Iqbal Cheema, Zubair Niazi, Omar Cheema, Hassan Niazi, Ayesha Iqbal, Alia Hamza, Munaza Hassan, Musarrat Cheema, Aleema Khan, Nosheen Hameed, Sadaqat Abbasi, Waseek Qayoom, Omar Butt, Jahangir Butt, Raja Usman, Atif Qureshi, Muslim Khan, Zeeshan Mumtaz, Qaiser Khan, Zaki Butt, Malik Abid, Simabiah Tahir, Asif Mahmood, Tayyba Ibrahim, Shabana Fayaz, and Azhar Mir.
Additionally, individuals such as Haseeb Naqvi, Jamal Cheema, Bao Ikram, Shabbir Mehr, Ali Ashraf Mughal, Meher Sadiq, Rizwan Butt, Omar Ashraf, Ansar Net, Najaf Shirazi, Rana Zakia Ullah, Asadullah Pappa, Amjad Ali Khan, Malik Ahmad Khan Bachar, Saleem Gul Khan, Amir Khan Swansea, Alam Khan, Aminullah Khan, Khalid Wazir, Aamir Mughal, Chaudhry Jahangir, Wajahat Sami, Khalid Khan, Raja Shahid Nawaz, Malik Ameer Dogar, Saleem Akhtar Labar, Nadeem Qureshi, Khalid Javed Waraich, Khurram Liaquat, and Zain Qureshi are also named.
