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CJ takes notice of physical assault by PTI's MPA Imran Shah

CJ takes notice of physical assault by PTI's MPA Imran Shah
August 18, 2018
ISLAMABAD (92 News) – Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar has taken suo moto notice of physical assault by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MPA Imran Ali Shah in Karachi. The chief justice took the suo moto notice of video viral on social media showing physical assault by PTI's Imran Shah on a citizen Daud Chauhan. The Supreme Court has sought report from both the parties including the newly-elected MPA from PTI and citizen Daud Chauhan within 03 days. After the incident, the PTI has suspended the membership of Dr Imran Ali Shah for a month after he was caught on camera thrashing a citizen in Karachi. Later on, Shah had subsequently posted a video apologising for "hurting anyone's feelings", and insisting that he had only pushed the man, even though the clip circulated on the internet had showed him raising his hand and hitting the man multiple times.