ISLAMABAD – Hours after accusing Prime Minister Imran Khan of planning theassassination, renowned Pakistani journalist Nusrat Javeed on Saturday feltregret over his remarks, which, he said, might have been uttered due to hisparanoia.
Earlier today, Javeed on his Twitter handle claimed to have survived a‘deadly attack’ in Islamabad while returning home, adding that the primeminister tried to get him killed.
It is 1:16 and the Prime Minister of Pakistan has tried to get me killed. Iam still Alice’s by the way m.
— Nusrat Javeed (@javeednusrat) December 7, 2018link
However, the veteran journalist took to Twitter after few hours of hisnaked allegation and said that it was, according to the policeinvestigation, a tyre burst occurred due to stones on the road.
After a thorough probe by the Islamabad police, it surfaced that tyre ofthe vehicle got burst after hitting by a stone and the car skidded, causingrest of damage, Javeed said.
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After thorough probe the ISLAMABAD police found that my tyre hit a stone;got burst and the car skidded and thus the rest of damage.
— Nusrat Javeed (@javeednusrat) December 8, 2018link
He further wrote “I have to accept their professional opinion. Perhaps thepost accident trauma made me paranoid and I suspected foul play for adefinite history with the current government”.
