An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore has issued non-bailable arrest warrants for top leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Punjab on charges including alleged violation of Section 144 and attack on law enforcement agencies in May Is. 25 – Day PTI Worker marched to islamabad,
As per a decision dated 9 June, is available with don.comInvestigating officer in-charge of Shahdara police station, Muhammad Saleem requested the court to issue non-bailable arrest warrants against Mian Akram Usman, Muhammad Zubair Khan Niazi, Imtiaz Mahmood Sheikh, Mian Mahmood ur Rashid, Mian Shafqat Mahmood, Malik Nadeem. Abbas, Murad Ras, Mian Aslam Iqbal, Yasir Geelani, Dr Yasmin Rashid, Hammad Azhar, Andleeb Abbas and Ejaz Choudhary.
It said that the accused persons were “deliberately concealing themselves to evade their arrest and their arrest is necessary for the completion of the investigation”.
The court of Judge Aber Gul Khan accepted the officer’s request and issued a warrant.
Last month Punjab Police Lodged A total of 42 criminal cases against senior PTI leaders and activists for the alleged agitation after the long march.
It said three police officers were killed in the line of duty in the alleged attacks by PTI workers, while 100 others were injured, of whom three were seriously injured. Of these, 34 personnel were injured in Lahore, 48 in Attock and nine in Sargodha, Mianwali, Rawalpindi, Jhelum and other cities.
Earlier a police officer told dawn 12 cases were registered in Lahore, five in Sialkot, four each in Rawalpindi and Sargodha, three in Mianwali and two each in Attock and Jhelum, while one FIR was registered in Chakwal.
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On the day of Independence March, 25 May, Conflict Reports broke out between PTI activists and police at Lahore’s Liberty Chowk as law enforcers fired tear gas shells in an attempt to clear roads for traffic, which was dispersed by protesters in their respective areas on fresh instructions from the party chief. Blocked to register protest. After this, the protesters refused to clear the road and threw stones at the policemen.
When the Lahore chapter of PTI gathered its workers at Bhatti Chowk to clear the blockades put up in the area to block the route to Islamabad, the police fired tear gas to disperse them, and PTI More than 10 activists of the Around 212 other party workers were picked up from other areas of the city.
During the face-off, former federal minister Hammad Azhar was injured in a “direct attack” by the police. Meanwhile, former Punjab Health Minister Yasmin Rashid was pulled out of her car by men in civil clothes. The windshield of his vehicle was also broken.