PTI and PML-N activists stage fake incident for fame: Police

Lahore: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporter Aneela Riaz, also known as Neeli Pari, and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) activist Tahir Anjum reportedly staged an incident to gain fame within their respective parties, the police sources said on Friday.

Neeli Pari has been accused of assaulting Tahir Anjum for criticizing PTI founder Imran Khan, but police sources claim the incident was premeditated. They stated that the two individuals knew each other beforehand and had even met prior to the altercation. The motive behind this staged drama was to gain popularity within their parties.

Police reports indicate that Neeli Pari was arrested at Tahir Anjum’s residence, where she had allegedly gone to apologize. Both individuals have reportedly confessed to planning the incident.

Earlier, a local court in Lahore sent Neeli Pari to jail on judicial remand. The PTI activist was presented before a judicial magistrate, who rejected the police request for her physical remand and instead ordered her judicial remand.

The incident took place outside the Punjab Assembly, where PTI was holding a symbolic hunger strike protesting the incarceration of Imran Khan. During this event, PTI activists stopped the vehicle of the PML-N cultural wing leader and began to assault him. Footage shows Neeli Pari slapping Tahir Anjum before he was rescued by his party workers.