PTI moves SC registries, seeks judicial commission to investigate Imran Khan attack.

LAHORE/ISLAMABAD -- PTI Monday moved five registries of the Supreme Court in different cities across the country seeking the formation of a judicial commission to probe the assassination attack on party chief Imran Khan in Wazirabad.

The Punjab Police had registered a first information report (FIR) on the Supreme Court's orders last week, but the PTI was not satisfied as it did not contain the names of the people whom Khan wanted to nominate.

Bullet fragments hit Khan in the legs on November 3 during PTI's long march in Wazirabad, following which he was moved to Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital in Lahore. He was discharged later and is now at his residence.

In the petition, the PTI has requested the top court to hold public hearings and form commissions on three matters - the Wazirabad attack, journalist Arshad Sharif's killing, and Senator Azam Swati's alleged video leak saga.

Before the PTI, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had also written letters to Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial to form judicial commissions on two issues - the attack on Khan and the murder of Sharif.

PTI's petition claimed that the assassination bid near Gujranwala was a "clear attempt to literally eliminate ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan".

The petition maintained that following the incident, another "grave injustice" continues to fester as the police have "refused to register the FIR according to the request submitted by the complainant".

In light of this, the PTI urged the top court to invoke its original jurisdiction under Article 184(3) of the Constitution.

The petition also sought the formation of a judicial commission into the alleged "illegal video recording" of Senator Azam Swati and his wife, which according to the party...