LAHORE
\nA Lahore district and sessions court on Wednesday ordered the registration of cases against Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and others against police torture on PTI workers during party\u2019s recently held \u2018Azadi March\u2019 towards Islamabad. Advocate Haider Majeed had filed an application in the Lahore sessions court, seeking registration of cases against the interior minister and Punjab police officials under Section-166(1), 352 and 427 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).
\nThe learned judge after completing the hearing on the application announced the registration of criminal cases against Rana Sanaullah, CCPO Lahore and DIG Operations under Section-166, 352 and 427. The order was issued by Additional Sessions Judge Mian Mudasar Umar.
\nOn May 25, A clash erupted between Lahore police and PTI workers marching to Islamabad for long march. Police resorted to tear gas shelling and baton-charged in an effort to disperse PTI activists. On the eve of the march, the government rounded up over 1,000 PTI leaders and workers in a crackdown designed to derail the party\u2019s plans for the march.
\nSection 144 was imposed in Lahore, the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad and Karachi, as well as other major cities in the country, while the Punjab government sought the deployment of Rangers to control the law and order situation.
\nAccording to a spokesperson of the Punjab Police, three policemen also died in clashes and raids on PTI workers\u2019 houses. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court of Pakistan against arrests and blockades during the long march led by party chairman Imran Khan and asked the apex court to provide protection against these tactics in future.
\nThe PTI in its plea asked the apex court to direct federal and provincial governments against violent measures against the peaceful marchers in future besides also issuing directives to the inspector generals of police (IGs) against the arrest of leaders and activists of the PTI.
\nThe party further sought the Supreme Court\u2019s intervention in ensuring that no containers are placed on the route of the march and also direct the government over the use of force against the marchers. The petition has made federal and provincial governments and IGs respondents in the case.
\nIt is pertinent to mention here that the Supreme Court (SC) had allowed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to stage a protest at Islamabad\u2019s H-9 and stopped the government from carrying out raids on houses and offices when Imran Khan led his long march towards Islamabad on May 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LAHORE A Lahore district and sessions court on Wednesday ordered the registration of cases against Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and others against police torture on PTI workers during party\u2019s recently held \u2018Azadi March\u2019 towards Islamabad. Advocate Haider Majeed had filed an application in the Lahore sessions court, seeking registration of cases against the interior minister […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252023,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[44,1446,1734],"class_list":{"0":"post-263969","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-court","9":"tag-rana-sanaullah","10":"tag-registration"},"yoast_head":"\n