The court has issued arrest warrants for Umar Ayub and other leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI).
The case hearing against PTI chairman Barrister Gohar Khan, Omar Ayub and others for violation of section 144 took place for the legal magistrate Shahzad Khan in the District and Sessions Court Islamabad.
During the consultation, arrest warrants were issued to Omar Ayub, Aamir Dogar and Aamir Mughal because of their absence, while the request for exemption from participation in Shoaib Shaheen and lawyer Gohar was awarded.
Barrister Gohar Khan filed a request for an exemption from participation during the consultation.
The Defense requests for dismissal could not be heard today, which led to the court postponing the cases until April 23.
It is noteworthy that two cases have been registered against Barrister Gohar Khan and others at I-9 police station.
Previously, an anti-terrorism court has approved the bail for 18 Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI) workers arrested during the protests on November 24 and 26, 2024 in Attock and Rawalpindi.
The court has ordered their release, and after spending 92 days in detention, workers have begun to be released from Attock, Jhelum and Adiala prisons.
Defense attorneys Imran Abbasi and Faisal Malik claimed that these persons were arrested from their homes under unknown circumstances and had no charges against them.
They declared that protests are not a crime and are a constitutional right.
The Court refers to insufficient evidence, assigned to bail with the condition that each prison submits bail bonds worth RS0.1 million.
The released workers include Umar Farooq, Obaidullah Khan, Zainul Abidin, Wajahat Ali, Tayyab Nasir, Khawar Ali, Murtaza Khan, Muhammad Haroon, Lala Sher, Naeem Yellow and Fatah Khan.
They had been arrested by police from Hassan Abdal Saddar police station, Hazro police station and Rawalpindi police.
Meanwhile, hearings on bail petitions from 1,249 other arrested PTI workers are set to begin on Monday, March 3rd.
