Slain PTI worker Ali Bilal’s father abducted. Fawad Chaudhry, senior vice president of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), claimed on Friday that the father of slain party worker Ali Bilal was kidnapped following his funeral while other family members are being held by the police.
Fawad shared the news on Twitter and cited the PTI’s legal division as his source.
He expressed fears that Bilal’s case would suffer the same fate as many before him, “a video will be released from police custody stating that we [Bilal’s family] forgive Mohsin Naqvi and the police”.
Slain PTI worker Ali Bilal’s father abducted, claimed Fawad Ch in a tweet.
انصاف وکلاء ونگ کے مطابق علی بلال شہید کے والد کو کل جنازے کے بعد اغواء کر لیا گیا ہے اور وہ اور ان کے خاندان کے لوگ پولیس کی حراست میں ہیں، اب وہی ہو گا جو ہوتا ہے کہ پولیس کی حراست سے ایک ویڈیو آئیگی کہ ہم نے محسن نقوی اور پولیس کو معاف کیا، لیکن یہ ملک ان کو معاف نہیں کریگا
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) March 10, 2023
However, the former minister warned, “this country will not forget”.
The PTI claims that Ali Bilal, more commonly known to his comrades as Zil-e-Shah, died of police violence and torture after personnel launched a crackdown on party workers and supporters protesting near PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s residence in Zaman Park on Wednesday.
Read PTI worker Ali Bilal died as police crackdown on rally in Lahore
To kick off its election campaign, the former ruling party planned a rally from Zaman Park to Data Darbar. However, after police entered Zaman Park to stop the protesters from moving closer to Mall Road, violence broke out.
Both sides posted videos of the clashes on social media, in which police were seen using force against PTI employees and rounding up a number of protesters. In some videos, PTI employees could also be seen using violence, such as vandalizing police cars and assaulting police officers.
The PTI chief shared the news of the death of the party worker on a social media platform. “Ali Bilal unarmed & our dedicated & passionate PTI worker murdered by Punjab police,” Imran wrote on Twitter.
“Shameful, this brutality on unarmed PTI workers who were coming to attend [the] election rally. Pakistan is in the grip of murderous criminals. We will file cases against IG, CCPO & others for murder.”
