Storming PTV: ATC issues warrants for Imran, Qadri, 70 others
In an try to disintegrate a PML-N government, a PTI and PAT workers on Aug 31, 2014 marched towards a Prime Minister’s House. PHOTO: REUTERS
ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism justice (ATC) on Friday destined a military to benefaction before it a heads of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT), along with 70 other suspects on a assign of aggressive state buildings in 2014. The justice also inspected a progressing released non-bailable warrants.
ATC Judge Kausar Abbas Zaidi destined a military to benefaction a suspects before a justice on Nov 17 — a subsequent date of a hearing.
Warrants were released for a PTI and PAT leaders in response to dual apart FIRs purebred by Secretariat military after workers of a dual parties, entertainment a marathon sit-in in a capital, stormed a Pakistan Television (PTV) domicile and council on Aug 31-September 1, 2014.
The FIR, purebred on a censure by Secretariat SHO Inspector Mehboob Ahmed, claimed that a protesters pounded a supervision building after snatching weapons from policemen.
Apart from Imran and Qadri, it also nominated PTI leaders, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Asad Umar and Saifullah Niazi; Awami Muslim League arch Sheikh Rashid and PAT personality Raheeq Abbasi.
Meanwhile, a ATC decider postulated 6 suspects extend from personal coming in a case.
At a before conference before to Ramazan, a suspects had requested a justice to extend a prolonged adjournment.
However, a decider had remarked that he could not give such a prolonged demurral though would accept extend applications, if filed in a timely manner.
In an try to disintegrate a PML-N government, a PTI and PAT workers on Aug 31, 2014 marched towards a Prime Minister’s House. Later on Sep 1, hundreds of protesters quickly seized control of PTV. Later, army infantry had privileged a buildings.
Published in The Express Tribune, Oct 22nd, 2016.
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