- Omar Ayub, others booked in 2024 PTI protten case.
- ATC judge Tahir Abbas Sipa issues arrest warrant.
- Next hearing in Shahzad Town Protest Case set at July 30.
Islamabad: An anti-terrorism Court (ATC) in Islamabad on Thursday issued a fair arrest warrant for opposition leader in the National Assembly Omar Ayub Khan in connection with a PTI protest held last October.
The case was registered at Shahzad Town Police Station against Ayub and other PTI leaders after clashes between Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI) supporters and police on October 4, 2024.
ATC judge Tahir Abbas Sipa issued a fair arrest warrant for the opposition leader and canceled any previous bail assigned to suspects who did not appear.
However, Senator Azam Swati was given an exemption from personal participation following a request that was the previous day.
The court postponed additional procedures until July 30.
Today’s development follows the recent court decisions against terrorism that handed in prison sentences of up to 10 years to senior PTI leaders in connection with May 9, 2023, Riots.
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Tuesday sentenced several PTI leaders, including Dr. Yasmin Rashid and Mian Mehmood Ur Rasheed, to 10 years in prison each in connection with the May 9 case.
The court also awarded judgments to former Punjab Governor Omar Sarfraz Cheema, PTI senator Ejaz Chaudhry and Afzal Azeem Pahat in the same case.
However, the court acquitted former Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Hamza Azeem Pahat, Rana Tanveer and Aizaz Rafiq in the case.
On the same day, the ATC in Sargodha also convicted Punjab Assembly opposition leader Ahmed Khan Bachar, Mna Mna Mahammad Ahmed Chattha and several other PTI workers to 10 years each in prison in a vandalism case related to May 9.
