{"id":131046,"date":"2026-08-11T19:05:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T14:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=131046"},"modified":"2026-08-11T19:05:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T14:05:58","slug":"man-shot-dead-on-rawalpindis-mall-road-after-opening-fire-on-security-personnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/131046\/","title":{"rendered":"Man shot dead on Rawalpindi&#8217;s Mall Road after &#8216;opening fire&#8217; on security personnel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ISLAMABAD(National Times)- A man, whom police claimed was affiliated with a \u201cparticular political party\u201d, was shot dead by law enforcement officials on Rawalpindi\u2019s Mall Road on Tuesday after he allegedly opened fire on security forces, injuring an official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe attacker, Muhammad Hussain, was immediately killed in retaliatory fire,\u201d said a statement by Rawalpindi police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The police added that evidence and \u201clinks have emerged from his mobile phone and other belongings\u201d, adding that further investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLaw enforcement agencies remain fully prepared and committed to eliminating all forms of terrorism and incitement to unrest,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>PTV News,<\/em>&nbsp;quoting security sources, said the alleged assailant was a resident of Khyber district and an \u201cactive PTI member\u201d. A PTI flag, bullets and weapons were also allegedly recovered from him, the report added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement aired on news channels following the incident, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar slammed PTI\u2019s \u201cpolitics of violence\u201d after state media reported the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visuals of a red and green cloth, a gun, and bullets allegedly recovered from the alleged attacker were also televised by&nbsp;<em>PTV News<\/em>&nbsp;and during Tarar\u2019s video statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The information minister said there was \u201cno reason for opening fire on security personnel\u201d, later confirming the incident location as Rawalpindi\u2019s Mall Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tarar also slammed the \u201cpolitics of violence adopted by the PTI\u201d and criticised its members for \u201ccoming equipped with weapons\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The minister referred to the call for a long march to Islamabad, which has been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2021943\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;by the PTI for September 27. He claimed that it was \u201con record that they always come armed at all their protests, open fire on security personnel and martyr them\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey do not believe in a peaceful protest, and today, the entire nation has witnessed their nefarious aims and objectives,\u201d Tarar asserted, noting that the security personnel were targeted \u201cin public in broad daylight\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is their ideology; they believe in violence and such incidents. The PTI has always done politics of violence, and not a single one of their protests has been peaceful,\u201d Tarar alleged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Noting that a PTI flag and \u201cother documents\u201d were recovered from the alleged attacker in today\u2019s incident, he claimed that the PTI\u2019s aim was only to \u201cspread anarchy in the country and ruin the law and order\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The minister stressed that the PTI\u2019s announcement of a long march came right after Pakistan was praised internationally after&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2021248\/pakistan-saudi-arabia-turkiye-sign-tripartite-defence-agreement-in-makkah\">signing<\/a>&nbsp;a joint defence pact with Saudi Arabia and Turkiye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhenever Pakistan makes progress and garners respect, this is not digested by the PTI,\u201d Tarar remarked, recalling a previous instance of the party&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1865206\">announcing<\/a>&nbsp;protests coinciding with the arrival of foreign leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The minister reiterated his claim that the objective of \u201cevery PTI protest was to come equipped with weapons, open fire, pile up bodies, destroy law and order, and damage the country\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, PTI distanced itself from the incident, saying it had nothing to do with terrorism and that efforts were being made to link the party to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reacting to remarks made by Tarar, PTI\u2019s Islamabad regional president Amir Mughal said the party believed in peaceful and unarmed political struggle and rejected any attempt to associate it with acts of violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mughal called for the facts to be brought before the public and urged the authorities not to use the incident to malign PTI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that the narrative portraying PTI as a terrorist or anti-state organisation had already been rejected by the people of Pakistan, who, he claimed, supported the party by voting in large numbers on Feb 8, 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD(National Times)- A man, whom police claimed was affiliated with a \u201cparticular political party\u201d, was shot dead by law enforcement officials on Rawalpindi\u2019s Mall Road on Tuesday after he allegedly opened fire on security forces, injuring an official. \u201cThe attacker, Muhammad Hussain, was immediately killed in retaliatory fire,\u201d said a statement by Rawalpindi police. 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