'Calls from unknown numbers': PTI urges COAS to ensure neutrality of institution.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhry claimed Tuesday that the party's lawmakers in Punjab were allegedly offered bribes from "unknown numbers" to shift their loyalties and urged Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir to launch an independent inquiry into the matter.

"The new army chief is apolitical and the institutions are not supporting any particular party in the country," Chaudhry said while addressing a press conference in Lahore following a meeting with PTI Chairman Imran Khan.

"Unfortunately, our MPAs from Muzaffargarh told the former prime minister that they received calls from unknown numbers and were offered bribes to change their loyalties," he added.

Unknown people met the members of the joint investigation team (JIT) tasked with probing the assassination attack on Khan and tried to dictate to them about the probe, he said, quoting the media reports.

Expressing serious concerns over the matter, the PTI leader urged the army chief to ensure the neutrality of the institution.

'We do not know that the allegations are true or not,' he...