By Staff Reporter
LAHORE: The Punjab Home Department on Sunday announced that it has reconstituted the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) probing the November 3 gun attack on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and the former prime minister Imran Khan that left both of his legs injured.
The provincial government did not change the head of the team, Lahore Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Ghulam Mehmood Dogar. A notification issued by Home Additional Chief Secretary Capt (retired) Asadullah Khan dated January 14 which only came to light on Sunday, January 22, showed that three key committee members who had been probing the case for the past two months, had been replaced.
The members who were replaced include Malik Tariq Mehboob (SP Potohar Division Rawalpindi), Naseebullah Khan (SP/RO CTD Lahore), and Ehsan Ullah Chohan (AIG/Monitoring Investigative Branch).
New JIT members The new members of the JIT include Dera Ghazi Khan District Police Officer SP Muhammad Akmal, Jhang Crime Investigation Agency DSP Nasir Nawaz and PHP SP Anjum Kamal. Moreover, the team’s convener will be able to co-opt any member as part of the JIT. This is the fourth time that the composition of the JIT has been changed since its formation on November 15.
