Cases registered against firing incidents at TLP, PPP election offices

LAHORE: An FIR [first information report] has been lodged at the Badami Bagh police station, over a firing incident at Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) election office.

TLP leader Akram Rizvi alleged that the suspects, identified as Riaz Khan and Atif alias Toka, hurled threats for contesting election against Ghazali Saleem Butt before attacking their office in PP-147 constituency at Madni Chowk. They shot at and injured he and his supporters including Usama, Mushtaq, Afzal Tahir, Tabib Akhtar Butt and Afaq Butt.

Reportedly, the situation became tense in the locality after a shoe hurling incident at Hamza Shehbaz was reported during the election campaign.

In another incident of firing at PPP election office in NA-126 Rasoolpur village, an FIR was registered against PMLN workers in Nawab Town police station. Akhtar alias Akhtari, Faizan and 12 other unidentified persons were nominated in the case.