Punjab govt could not register FIR of Imran attack under compulsion: Qureshi.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders on Monday said that they do not doubt the intention of Punjab government as they have been compelled not to register the first information report (FIR) of an assassination attempt on party chief Imran Khan's life as per their wishes.

Ever since a gun attack took place at PTI's long march in Wazirabad, the PTI chief has been demanding that a case be registered against Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and a military officer for plotting against him.

Imran along with his party leaders are adamant that any FIR lacking these three names would simply be a piece of paper and nothing else.

'We do not doubt the sincerity of the Punjab government, but they are under compulsion [to not register the FIR],' former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said while talking to the media in Islamabad following a party meeting.

He said that the FIR for the assassination attempt on Imran could not be registered despite their best efforts.

"Despite the attack, we did not lose our patience. We continued the long march keeping in mind the rights of the people. It was our responsibility to keep it peaceful," he added.

He said that the only way to save the country's economy was...