May 9 mayhem
\n Rawalpindi
\nA Rawalpindi anti-terrorism court (ATC) Tuesday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur in a case related to riots on May 9, 2023. ATC Judge Malik Ejaz Asif issued the non-bailable arrest warrants for the KP chief executive in the mayhem case file at the Rawalpindi\u2019s City Pollice Station. The judge also ordered the authorities concerned to produce CM Gandapur before the ATC on April 2.
\nThe May 9 riots were triggered almost across the country after deposed prime minister Imran Khan\u2019s arrest in the \u00a3190 million settlement case.
\nDuring the protests, the miscreants targeted the civil and military installations including \u2014 Jinnah House and the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi. Hundreds of PTI workers and senior leaders were put behind bars for their involvement in violence and attacks on military installations.
\nThe military termed May 9 \u201cBlack Day\u201d and decided to try the protesters under the Army Act. Apart from CM Gandapur, non-bailable arrest warrants were also issued for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders Murad Saeed, Shibli Faraz, Shahbaz Gill and retired Lieutenant Colonel Shabbir Awan.
\nThe warrants were also issued for former PTI leaders Shireen Mazari, Musarrat Jamshed Cheema, Saad Jamil Abbasi.
\nThe PTI leaders were nominated in the case in the light of the statements recorded by suspects Wasiq Qayyum, Umer Tanveer Butt and Sadaqat Abbasi.
\nReacting to the arrest warrants for CM Gandapur, Adviser to the Chief Minister on Information Barrister Mohammad Ali Saif slammed the federal government and said: \u201cThe mandate theft government lodged fake cases [against PTI leaders]\u201d
\nAction would be taken as per the law on all the fake case filed against the PTI leaders, he added.
\nTalking about alleged discrimination, the PTI leader said that no action is being taken against Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz\u2019s brothers, who allegedly stole billion of rupees from the national kitty.
\nEarlier today, a district and sessions court in Islamabad granted relief to PTI founder Imran Khan in two different cases pertaining to the vandalism during March 2022 long march on the former prime minister\u2019s plea seeking acquittal.
\nJudicial Magistrate Shaista Kundi accepted Khan\u2019s petitions and acquitted him in cases registered at Islamabad\u2019s Lohi Bhair and Sahala police stations.
\nAt the outset of the hearing, Khan\u2019s lawyer, Advocate Naeem Panjotha, argued that the vandalism, as per the case, took place at his client\u2019s behest.
\n\u201cSeveral cases were registered in a single day, PTI\u2019s founder was [framed] in the same role,\u201d he further argued.
\nHe added that neither a notification was issued nor the party was informed regarding the enforcement of Section 144. The lawyer maintained that the plaintiff is the Station House Officer (SHO), who has no jurisdiction to register the case.
\n\u201cThere are no witness statements in the cases filed against the PTI founder,\u201d he further argued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
May 9 mayhem Rawalpindi A Rawalpindi anti-terrorism court (ATC) Tuesday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur in a case related to riots on May 9, 2023. ATC Judge Malik Ejaz Asif issued the non-bailable arrest warrants for the KP chief executive in the mayhem case file at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-394915","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n