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Asad skips JIT on May 9 riots | The Express Tribune



LAHORE:

PTI leader Asad Umar did not show up before the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) on Wednesday, according to police officials.

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.

Read also: Asad Umar summoned by JIT in May 9 case

The establishment of the JIT by the Punjab government followed the outbreak of violence on May 9.

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.

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.





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