Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Saturday lashed out at Punjab caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi and Inspector General (IGP) Dr Usman Anwar for terming the death of PTI worker Ali Bilal aka Zille Shah as an “accident”.
A PTI worker, Ali Bilal, also known as Zillay Shah, died, several others were injured, and many picked up on March 8 as the caretaker Punjab government used force to block a rally called to launch the party’s campaign for the April 30 elections in the province.
In police custody, the party’s leadership claimed, Zille Shah was tortured and murdered. The Mayo Hospital’s postmortem report, which was released after his death, supports the allegations of torture. It stated that the PTI worker had suffered “major blunt trauma,” with a skull fracture and subsequent bleeding being listed as the cause of death. His testes, liver, and spleen were also reported as having been damaged, which contributed to his extensive bleeding.
Taking to Twitter, the former premier said “These two shameless people would have been jailed not just for lying so blatantly but for insulting the intelligence of our nation”.
In any civilised country, these two shameless people would have been jailed not just for lying so blatantly but for insulting the intelligence of our nation. This is what happens when the country is taken over by dangerous duffers who believe everyone is as dumb as them. pic.twitter.com/X1511Mlc8l
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) March 11, 2023
“This is what happens when the country is taken over by dangerous duffers who believe everyone is as dumb as them,” the PTI chief added.
ڈاکٹر جاوید اکرم کو شرم آنی چاہئے عمر کے اس حصے میں شہادتیں بدلنے کیلئے خدمات سر انجام دے رہا ہے ۔۔ بےشرموں کی حکومت
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) March 11, 2023
PTI’s senior leader Fawad Chaudhry also condemned the duo saying “Akram should be ashamed of himself for serving to change the testimonies at this age”.
ارشد شریف کی شہادت کور اپ عمران خان پر قاتلانہ حملہ کور اپ اور اب علی بلال ظل شاہ کا قتل۔۔۔۔ اب پھر کور اپ کوئ شرم ہے نہ حیاء
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) March 11, 2023
In another tweet, the former information minister accused the government of covering up journalist Arshad Sharif’s murder, adding that the “assassination attack on Imran was covered-up and now the death of Ali Bilal’s murder is also being covered-up”.
ظل شاہ کو شہید کرواکر چہروں پربے شرمی کےساتھ مسکراہٹیں ہے۔ارشد شریف کی شہادت ہو،عمران خان قاتلانہ حملہ ہو،ظل شاہ شہادت ہو سب پرcover upچل رہا ہے
یہ تو کہتےتھےظل شاہ گرفتار ہی نہیں ہوا قیدیوں والی وین کی ویڈیو پرانی ہے
قتل کی FIRانتقامی کاروائی کے لئےعمران خان پر درج کیوں کی گئی؟ pic.twitter.com/8hSmz45zUo— Farrukh Habib (@FarrukhHabibISF) March 11, 2023
PTI leader Farrukh Habib tweeted a picture of the two leaders and said “there are shameless smiles on the faces after the martyrdom of Zille Shah (Ali Bilal)”.
ظلے شاہ کی آہ اور ان کی مسکراہٹ۔ سب آپکے سامنے pic.twitter.com/90M2oDYc35
— Dr. Shahbaz GiLL (@SHABAZGIL) March 11, 2023
PTI leader Shahbaz Gill also criticized Naqvi and Anwar in an indirect tweet and said “Zille Shah’s sigh and their smiles, all in front of you”.
