RAWALPINDI: The post-mortem examination of the suspect who was shot dead after he allegedly opened fire at security personnel was conducted at DHQ Hospital on Wednesday, officials said, adding that a phone recovered from him was also being examined as part of the investigation.

The body of 32-year-old suspect, Mohammad Hussain, was brought by the R.A. Bazaar police to the DHQ hospital, where a team of doctors conducted the autopsy on Tuesday night, as no one had claimed the body.

Investigations revealed the suspect was a resident of Khyber district. Police said a political party flag, cap, weapon and mobile phone were recovered from him.

Tallal Chaudhry says PTI can’t ‘wash its hands’ of suspect

Meanwhile, speaking at a press briefing, Minister of State for Interior Tallal Chaudhry held the PTI leadership responsible for what he described as radicalisation of the worker and said its leaders could not “wash their hands” of the conduct of supporters they had allegedly trained and radicalised.

He said the Aug 11 incident should serve as “a very big lesson” against politics of “hatred, division and violence”.

Mr Chaudhry questioned the party’s attempt to distance itself from the suspect.

“You cannot simply say that you have no connection with this worker,” he said, asking: “Who trained political workers and gave them this ideology?”

The minister rejected suggestions that the suspect may have been mentally unstable, asking why he had repeatedly been brought to the “front line” of PTI protests if that was the case.

Mr Chaudhry linked the shooting to PTI’s previous confrontations with the state, including the May 9 events and the Nov 26 protests. He accused the party leadership of using speeches, social media and closed-door meetings to promote “hatred and division”.

The minister said there could be no political justification for attacking a security official who was “a soldier of Pakistan, not of any party”. “Was this politics? Politics is service, education, health and justice — not arson and firing,” he said.

Mr Chaudhry also challenged PTI to account for its 17-year record in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, asking what it had delivered to the province’s people.

Warning of a possible escalation in political violence, he said: “What happened on Nov 26 could happen on Sept 27” if workers continued to be exposed to what he described as “division, hatred and fire”.

He said some evidence was being withheld while the investigation continued but assured that there would be a “fair and free” probe.

Published in Dawn, August 13th, 2026