Senior leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Waleed Iqbal, who is also the grandson of 20th-century poet and philosopher Allama Iqbal, has said that he saw PTI workers inside Lahore’s Jinnah House at the time of the attack on the building on May 09. He however, said that these were iindividual acts of party workers and they should be charged according to the Army Act or any other applicable law.

He made the comments on Waseem Badami’s programme on ARY on Tuesday evening.

He continued by saying that the party had not made announcement in this regard nor had a policy of violence.

میں نے خود کچھ پارٹی ورکرز کو دیکھا کہ وہ کور کمانڈر ہاوس کے اندر تھے۔ مگر یہ ان کا ذاتی فعل تھا پارٹی پالیسی ہرگز نہیں تھی۔
ایسے لوگوں کے خلاف تمام قوانین بشمول آرمی ایکٹ کے کاروائ ہونی چاہیے۔
جلاو گھیراو کے واقعات قابل شرم ہیں۔
ولید اقبال۔ رہنما PTI#11thHour pic.twitter.com/lFfJgE5eFB

— Waseem Badami (@WaseemBadami) May 16, 2023

A Special Corps Commander Conference held on Monday at the General Headquarters (GHQ), presided by Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir, decided that the planners, instigators, abettors and perpetrators of the attacks on military installations and buildings during the protests led by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters will be tried under relevant Pakistani laws, including the Army Act and Official Secret Act.