Amid conflicting reports over the death toll in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Islamabad protest, Aaj News’ programme Spotlight with Munizae Jahangir conducted its investigation and found that at least six supporters of former prime minister Imran Khan’s party were killed in the firing. Another was killed when a speedy car hit him.

According to the former ruling party, 12 of their followers were killed in firing on the last day of the protest. PTI’s information secretary Sheikh Waqas Akram shared details in a press conference on November 29.

“This is our verified data from our own data collection centre,” Akram said and named the people who were allegedly killed. He also claimed that the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences hospital, where casualties were brought, was not handing over bodies to the families of the deceased. The PTI leader warned that the Islamabad firing would have repercussions.

Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Omar Ayub, who accompanied him at the presser, claimed that American weapons were used in the firing against the PTI supporters at the D-Chowk.

Munizae Jahangir shared the details on her news programme which was aired on Aaj News on Monday.

According to her team’s investigation, Anees Shahzad Satti, 20, was killed after shot in bullet in the stomach. He was shot around 6pm on November 26 near Kulsum Hospital in Blue Area.

Sadar Ali, 40, from Mardan was shot in the head around 8pm November 26, his brother Abdul Wali told Spotlight. His body was shifted to the PIMS hospital.

Moreover, Tajuddin, 35, from Charssada, died around 7pm on November 26 in Blue Area after being shot. His brother, Shahzad Imran, stated that Tajuddin was shot two bullets: one in the head and another in the chest. Tajuddin’s body was shifted to PIMS.

Imran said that Tajuddin was a labourer in Islamabad and he had six children. His eldest daughter studies in ninth standard and the youngest boy is two years old.

The fourth PTI supporter was Muhammad Ali, 28, from Charsadda. He was killed near D-Chowk on November 26 after being shot in his chest.

Muhammad Shafiq, 35, from Punjab’s Dera Ghazi Khan also died on November 26. His cousin Adnan refrained from speaking about the cause of death. Shafiq is a landlord and has two children.

Tariq Khan, 27, from Shangla, was also killed in protest on November 25 night after a speedy car hit him, according to his brother Muhammad Zada. It was the same incident which also killed three Rangers personnel in the federal capital.

Zada added that Tariq has two children: a three-year-old girl and a two-month son.

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The seventh person was Abdul Qadir from Abbottabad after shot in the back near 10pm at 26 Number Chungi on November 25, his cousin Sajjad Khan said. The bullet wound was his cause of death, Khan added.

Qadir worked at a tandoor and has seven children.

Apart from this, PTI has claimed five more were killed including Abdul Rashid, Mubeen, Aurangzeb, Ilyas, Ahmed Wali, and Imran Abbas. But Spotlight was not been able to contact any family member of them