Lahore:
An anti-terrorism Court (ATC) in Sargodha has sentenced Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI) Ismael Khan works for life prison and lost his entire property to the state in connection with a revolt on May 9, filed with the Mianwali police.
This is the third verdict among those handed down by courts against terrorism, where the entire property of the conviction has been lost to the government. A total of 120 PTI managers and workers have had their properties confiscated.
Previously, a Faisalabad court lost the properties from 90 criminal sentences to the government, while 29 others had their properties lost by the Sargodha Court in accordance with section 7 (2). 2, of the law of anti-terrorism 1997.
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On May 9, 2023, PTI legislators and supporters staged violent protests across the country in response to the arrest of party -founder Imran Khan. The protests involved vandalism of military installations and state -owned buildings, including Corps Commander’s House in Lahore.
The case involves charges against 53 accused individuals, including prominent PTI legislators as opposition leaders Omar Ayub (National Assembly) and Malik Ahmad Khan Bhachar (Punjab Assembly).
However, two accused, Ayub and Ziaul Haq, were originally together under their statements under Section 342 of the CRPC. In addition, 50 other accused fleeed the final arguments, which led to their case being separated from the one of the remaining accused after proclamations were issued.
The ATC judge noted that attempts seemed to be taken to delay the case at these absconders, which potentially indicated a conscious effort to extend the decision of the case.
