Speaking to reporters outside Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore, SSP Investigations Lahore Anoosh Masood and Deputy Commissioner Lahore Rafia Haider said they "strongly" rejected PTI's claims.
The JIT headed by Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Kamran Adil has asked Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman to appear before the probe body at Qila Gujjar Singh investigation headquarters at 4 pm on May 30.
Imran Khan, the former prime minister and chief of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is set to be summoned by Joint Investigation Team (JIT) as part of an investigation into the May 9 attack on Jinnah House, ARY News reported on Monday.
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Altaf Hussain has said that democracy is under threat in Pakistan and now every citizen of Pakistan is worried over this act of the sick and power-hungry maniacs, injustice and authoritarianism that will drive the country into hell.
Khan said: "Give yourself time. If you want to take two or three weeks, then break away as many people as you want. At the rate you're going, you have already broken many and many more will break ... but it is my request to give a timeframe because the country is heading towards destruction.
Khan's allegations come hours after Pakistan Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah claimed in a press conference that intelligence agencies had intercepted a call revealing a plot to stage a fake encounter and rape incident by members of the PTI.
The Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Aamer Farooq directed the Secretary Interior to give details of all the cases registered against the journalist.
The development came as the PTI chief Imran Khan constituted a seven-member negotiating team to hold talks with the government to develop a consensus on a date for general elections amid a massive crackdown.
Former special assistant to prime minister Tariq Mehmood Al Hasan, former MPA Malik Khurram Ali Khan and former MNA Jamshed Thomas on Sunday condemned the protests on May 9 and announced stepping down from the party positions.
Imran's remarks came hours after Sanaullah, in a post-midnight press conference in Faisalabad, alleged that intelligence agencies had intercepted a telephone call in which a plan to "stage a raid and rape" at a known PTI worker's home was being discussed.
These malpractices and misuse of power and draconian actions will never be fruitful but would prove counterproductive. In his latest statement on the current situation, Hussain said that the military establishment will have serious consequences and democracy will become a nightmare. Pakistan