Govt constitutes JIT to probe attack on courts, law enforcers.

ISLAMABAD: The PML-N-led ruling alliance decided on Tuesday to constitute a high-powered Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to probe the attack on courts and law enforcement agencies deployed to secure the capital's judicial complex when former premier Imran Khan was due to appear, a private TV channel reported.

The government's spokesperson said that the JIT will include senior officers of the interior ministry and the police, adding that it will also include officers from the intelligence agencies. The information minister said that the JIT will investigate the attack and injuries inflicted on the police at Islamabad Judicial Complex and submit its investigation report within seven days. The minister added that the JIT will gather facts about the 'petrol bomb attacks' as well as the participation of the 'trained militants' of banned organisations in the attack on the judicial complex. Aurangzeb said that all the...

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