{"id":20325,"date":"2023-11-02T00:29:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T00:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/asad-skips-jit-on-may-9-riots-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2023-11-02T00:29:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T00:29:14","slug":"asad-skips-jit-on-may-9-riots-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/asad-skips-jit-on-may-9-riots-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Asad skips JIT on May 9 riots | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nLAHORE:
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PTI leader Asad Umar did not show up before the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) on Wednesday, according to police officials.<\/p>\n

The JIT, formed to investigate cases registered against PTI leaders in connection with the May 9 riots, had summoned Asad to the DIG\/Investigation office on Abbot Road, Qila Gujjar Singh, on November 1 at 4 p.m. under Section 160 CrPC in relation to five terror cases.<\/p>\n

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The establishment of the JIT by the Punjab government followed the outbreak of violence on May 9.<\/p>\n

These joint investigation teams have been set up at the district level with the aim of looking into the cases registered against PTI leaders and workers involved in the riots.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Asad Umar, alongside Aleema Khan and Uzma Khan, the sisters of former prime minister Imran Khan, attended the proceedings of their pre-arrest bail in an FIR lodged against them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n