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London (Manand News Desk) Former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s special assistant Mirza Shahzad Akbar has been attacked in the UK, where he has been living in self-imposed exile since April 2022. According to reports on Thursday, he was injured as a result of the attack.
When contacted by Dawn, Mirza Shahzad Akbar confirmed in text messages that he was attacked, went to the hospital and the police were also contacted, he has sustained injuries and a fracture.
According to a post made on the PTI’s X account at 9:50 pm (Pakistan time) on Wednesday, Shahzad Akbar was attacked at his home in Cambridge in the morning. The post said that the attacker repeatedly punched him in the face, resulting in a broken nose and jaw. According to the party, local police have collected all the details and an investigation is underway.
Mirza Shahzad Akbar, who was an accountability advisor in the PTI government, had previously been attacked at his home in Hertfordshire in November 2023. At that time, a masked man threw acid on him. Akbar had given a statement to X after the incident that he would neither be intimidated nor bow down.
Mirza Shahzad Akbar had linked the attack to the Al-Qadir Trust case against PTI founder Imran Khan, and had alleged that security agencies were pressuring him to testify against the former prime minister. He also told Dawn that in recent months he had received messages warning him to correct his behavior.
In April 2024, Mirza Shahzad Akbar had initiated legal action against the Pakistani government in a UK court over the acid attack. He said that he had also sent notices to the Pakistan High Commission in the UK and other Pakistani authorities. However, in May 2024, the Foreign Office had categorically rejected the allegations of state officials’ involvement in the 2023 acid attack, calling them baseless.
Meanwhile, an Islamabad court has declared Mirza Shahzad Akbar a declared accused in a case related to his alleged controversial statements on X. Following this, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met British High Commissioner Jane Marriott and handed over the extradition papers for Shahzad Akbar. Although there is no formal extradition treaty between Pakistan and the UK, there is an arrangement between the two countries under which Pakistani citizens involved in crimes or violating immigration laws can be sent back.