Qureshi lashes out at IGP, concerned over delay in FIR registration.

LAHORE -- TheFIR of the attack on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan could not be registered even on the third day of the incident . Despite the passage of 48 hours, the case of the assassination attack on the former Prime Ministercould not be registered as yet by Punjab Police. According to the police, the application could not be received through the online system due to shortfall of electricity in area. PTI leader Zubair Niazi says that the police is not receiving the formal application and even after waiting for five hours, the online application has not been registered. According to police sources, the postmortem of the body of the victim Muazam was done without even registeration of the case. Due to the delay in registering the FIR, the accused could not be arrested officially even though he is in custody. PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi while talking to the media representatives outside Shaukat Khanum Hospital Lahore expressed deep concern regarding the delay in the registration of the case and said, The FIR of the attack is still not being registered, it seems there is a lot of pressure on the police. People are not satisfied with the performance of IG Punjab and it was also probably mentioned in the meeting Punjab cabinet on Friday. He also said, the Punjab government should definitely ask the incumbent IG Punjab and should probe the bottom of the matter that if the IG is helpless then by whom pressure he is helpless?, He raised question. 'The most worrying thing is that Imran Khan, who is the chairman of the most popular political party of the country and a former prime minister of this country sustained life threatening injuries during an assassination attempt on him but still there's a delay in the registration of an FIR. The complainant who is the ex-premier of the country is getting it difficult to register a case even after more than 48 hours of the assassination attempt on him, Qureshi stated. Whenever there is an incident, a complainant tries to register an FIR against the incident and...

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