Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Jamshaid Dasti has claimed that law enforcers broke into his house in Punjab’s Muzaffargarh in the wee hours of Sunday and manhandled his wife, as the party which he belongs to insists the state machinery is being used to intimidate them ahead of the February 8 elections.
In a short video clip posted on the social media platform X, Dasti, a four-time parliamentarian, claimed that personnel belonging to the counter-terrorism department (CTD) and intelligence agencies “brutalised my family members and kept them hostage for three hours”.
“My wife was manhandled and tortured,” the former parliamentarian said in the post, appealing Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa to take notice of the incident.
“My honour has been compromised. I could never imagine that a man like me […] would face such cruelty,” he added.
میرے گھر پر سی ٹی ڈی (CTD) پولیس اور خفیہ ایجنسیوں کا حملہ پاکستان کے محافظوں نے میری فیملی پر ظلم ڈھائے 3 گھنٹے تک پوری فیملی کو یرغمال بنائے رکھا میری زوجہ کو گھسیٹا اور تشدد کیا موبائل فون چھینے اور جو کچھ ہاتھ لگا ساتھ لیگئے ۔ pic.twitter.com/LGxfpUgOZb
— jamshaid Ahmad dasti (@jamshaidAdasti) January 1, 2024
Station House Office (SHO) Muzaffargarh Khurram Riaz, in a video statement, rejected Dasti’s claims, saying they were “baseless” and nothing more than “lies”.
“Neither was Jamshed Dasti’s house raided nor was his family manhandled,” the police officer said, noting that more than 40 cases have been registered against him and he was trying to portray a different scenario.
پی ٹی آئی فتنہ عمرانیہ اپنی الزام تراشہ اور جھوٹ کی سیاست پر اتر آئی ھے، اصل بات یہ ھے کہ پی ٹی آئی کے پاس کسی الزام کا کبھی کوئی ثبوت نہیں ہوتا صرف جھوٹ اس فتنے کا ایندھن ہے ۔۔۔جو حافظ نے واڑ دینا ہے✌️✌️😘#JamshedJhootaDasti#جمشید_دستی pic.twitter.com/1Ebe7n1TTr
— Umaima PMLN (@U_M_PML) January 1, 2024
Riaz added that Dasti was trying to spread “fear and chaos” among the members of his community.
