An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Faisalabad sentenced on Monday Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI) leaders, Omar Ayub, Shibli Faraz and 57 others from each to 10 years in prison in the case of May 9 on an attack against the leader of the Muslim-Nawaz League of Pakistan (PML-N) The residence of Rana Sanaullah.
Of the 59 people convicted in the case, 17 were PTI leaders. Other sixteen accused were also sentenced and sentenced to three years in prison each. The last group included MPA Sheikh Shahid Javed of PP-115.
Former Federal Minister Fawad Chaudhry and PTI Zain Qureshi legislator were acquitted.
The case was part of a series of judgments related to the violent disturbances that exploded during the protests against the arrest of the founder of PTI Imran Khan of the facilities of the Superior Court of Islamabad on May 9, 2023.
On July 31, ATC in Faislabad sentenced the leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI) to 10 years in prison in cases of the protests of May 9
Opposition leader at the Omar Ayub National Assembly, leader of the opposition in Senate Sibli Faraz, Sartaj Gul, MNA Sahibzada Hamid Raza and former Sheikh Sheikh Rashid Shafiq were among the 108 PTI leaders condemned by the 185 involved in the cases, while another 77 were acquitted.
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Around 60 of those convicted, including Faraz, Ayub, Gul and Race, were sentenced to 10 years in prison each, while other convicted were delivered by the three -year prison.
Meanwhile, Fawad Chaudhry was acquitted along with Zain Qureshi, Khayal Kastro, Faizullah Kamoka, Rana Asad Mehmood Khan, Bilal Ashraf Basra, Haroon Rasheed, Amara Rasheed, Sahibzada Hassan Race and Kamran Warraich.
Shafiq was absent from the court during the hearing and did not appear. According to reports, it has hidden to avoid arrest.
Previously, the Supreme Court granted the bond to the former Prime Minister Imran Khan on the principle of consistency in eight cases linked to the disturbances of May 9, annulling a previous ruling of the Superior Court of Lahore that had rejected the bond.
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“The case of the petitioner must be positively considered in view of the principle of consistency, since this court has granted the others in a similar way,” said the order of four pages written by the President of the Justice Court of Pakistan Yahya Afidi.
The three -members bank, headed by the President of Justice Afidi, allowed Khan’s requests against the June 24 decision of the Superior Court of Lahore. The cases arose from multiple signed in Lahore after violent protests that followed Khan’s arrest.
