Former Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Qasim Khan Suri was attacked in the early hours of Friday at a private hotel in Islamabad. In the incident, Qasim Suri was unharmed, but his friend suffered a slight injury.
Following the incident, Qasim Suri stated in a video statement saying that he was sitting in a hotel when a bunch of people suddenly appeared and attacked them.
Qasim Khan Suri (@QasimKhanSuri) sends a message after the imported govt attacked him. #MarchAgainstImportedGovt #امپورٹڈ_حکومت_نامنظور pic.twitter.com/CLV7DW3PfE
— PTI (@PTIofficial) April 28, 2022
In his message on Twitter after the incident, Qasim Suri alleged that ‘PML-N goons’ allegedly carried out the attack. Suri has filed an application to register an FIR at the Kohsar police station.
ن لیگی غنڈوں نے مجھ پر اور میرے سحری کے لیے آئے ہوئے مہمانوں پر اسلام آباد کے مقامی ریسٹورنٹ پر ابھی ابھی حملہ کرنے کی کوشش کی اور مہمانوں سے بدتمیزی کی نون لیگی غنڈوں کو ریسٹورنٹ میں آئی ہوئی فیملیز اور ویٹرز نے مار مار کر بھگادیا۔ امپورٹڈ حکومت اب ان اوچھے ہتھکنڈوں پر آ گئی ہے۔
— Qasim Khan Suri (@QasimKhanSuri) April 28, 2022
In a separate incident yesterday, the Pakistani delegation in Saudi Arabia was surrounded by people yelling “chor chor” when they made their way to Masjid-e-Nabwi in Madina.