- Says unknown attackers roughed up Gohar’s family, ransacked house, confiscated valuables
- Urges SC to bring to book criminal facilitators involved in coercive actions against PTI’s candidates
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Spokesperson strongly condemned the masked men shameful raid at the residence of PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Khan in broad daylight and roughing up his family, while he was attending the Supreme Court (SC) hearing regarding his party’s electoral symbol of “bat”.
Reacting to the unlawful raid at the house of PTI Chairman by a group dressed in black, PTI Spokesperson said that the unidentified masked men roughed up Barrister Gohar Khan’s son, nephew and watchman.
He pointed out that the unknown attackers did not only ransack Barrister Gohar’s house, but they also confiscated valuables including computers and important documents.
The state of censorship in Pakistan on display as the live broadcast of Supreme Court proceedings were interrupted when Barrister Gohar Ali Khan started to speak about the violent invasion of his home by masked men in law enforcement vehicles. pic.twitter.com/gcoKNwxP8C
— PTI USA Official (@PTIOfficialUSA) January 13, 2024
PTI Spokesperson stated that PTI Chairman was attending the Supreme Court hearing pertaining to his party’s electoral symbol of “bat” when the unidentified masked men raised his house.
He noted that these types of criminal and shameful tactics at the final stages of candidate submission of tickets for general elections aimed at intimidating and harassing PTI’s candidates were unconstitutional and totally intolerable.
PTI Spokesperson pointed out that the sole purpose of this shameful series of fascism and cruelty was to keep PTI out of the election arena.
He urged that it was responsibility of the top court to bring to justice the criminal facilitators involved in the ongoing state operation and repression against PTI’s candidates and to expose the conspiracy to exclude the country’s largest party from the election.
 Spokesperson strongly condemned the masked men shameful raid at the residence of PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Khan in broad daylight and roughing up his family, while he was attending the Supreme Court (SC) hearing regarding his party’s electoral symbol of “bat”.){kind=link}