ISLAMABAD: Following a brawl with PML-N Senator Afnan Ullah Khan on a tv present, a case was registered in opposition to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawyer Sher Afzal Marwat.
PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s lawyer Sher Afzal Khan Marwat and PML-N Senator Dr Afnan Ullah Khan had been just lately concerned in a brawl on a tv present.
The lawyer and senator had been having a heated argument that ended up utilizing abusive language when swiftly Marwat attacked the senator.
The FIR was filed on the Aabpara Police Station beneath Part 352 (Punishment for assault or felony power in any other case than on grave provocation) and Part 506 (Punishment for felony intimidation) of the Pakistan Penal Code.
The case was registered after Senator Afnanullah despatched a letter to Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Operation Islamabad Malik Jamil Zaffar searching for the registration of a First Data Report (FIR) in opposition to Marwat.
He mentioned Marwat “bodily assaulted him, slapped him 3 times and beat him whereas he was almost unconscious on the ground.”
In the meantime, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf condemned the registration of illegal and mala fide FIR in opposition to Senior member PTI authorized crew and spokesperson Mr Sher Afzal Khan Marwat.
In a brief assertion issued on X, previously often known as twitter, the get together spokesperson regretted that the repeated abuse of the method of regulation in opposition to members of the Imran Khan authorized crew are aimed to harass the attorneys.
It added: “PTI believes the courts will deal the matter in a considered method.”
Marwat additionally seeks FIR registration in opposition to PML-N senator
In the meantime, Marwat informed Daybreak.com that he’ll apply for pre-arrest bail on the related court docket within the FIR registered in opposition to him.
Marwat mentioned he additionally submitted a request to register an FIR in opposition to the senator on the Margalla police station beneath Sections 25D of the Telegraph Act and PPC 506.
He added that he would confer with the courts if the report was not lodged by Sunday.
“First Afnan mentioned he had hit me … however within the FIR it was said that he was hit and he fainted,” Marwat added, saying that there have been contradictory messages from the senator.
He additionally alleged that Afnan made the request on the official Senate letterhead. “He tried to affect the case. He despatched the Senate director to the police station.”
Marwat accused the PML-N chief of abusing his workplace which was “unbecoming of any parliamentarian”.
“I’ll confer with the Election Fee of Pakistan and constitutional courts pertaining to his disqualification in keeping with Article 62,” he concluded.
Nonetheless, the senator rejected the allegation when speaking to Daybreak.com, saying that he had submitted an abnormal software for an FIR as an alternative of via the Senate letterhead.
Later, Marwat posted on X that he had “left Islamabad to keep away from arrest”.