In a significant development, the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Islamabad has issued non-bailable arrest warrants for 50 prominent leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in connection with a case registered at the Karachi Company police station. The order was passed by ATC Judge Abul Hasnat Zulqarnain.
The list includes several high-profile figures such as Aleema Khan, sister of PTI founder Imran Khan, along with senior leaders like Sheikh Waqas Akram, Hammad Azhar, Kanwal Shauzab, Shahid Khattak, Shandana Gulzar, and Sher Afzal Marwat. Former President Dr. Arif Alvi, Simabia Tahir, Mashal Yousafzai, Shibli Faraz, Faisal Javed, and Abdul Qayyum Niazi are also among those named.
Other individuals facing arrest include Nadia Khattak, Umar Tanveer Butt, Afaq Alvi, Salman Akram Raja, Rauf Hassan, Murad Saeed, Zulfi Bukhari, Raja Basharat, and Ahmad Khan Niazi. Additional names listed in the warrant are Sardar Mansoor Saleem, Colonel (Retd.) Shabbir Awan, Saddam Tareen, Rashid Hafeez, Khadija Shah, Alia Hamza, Umair Niazi, Pir Noor-ul-Haq Qadri, Khurram Sher Zaman, Asad Qaiser, Umar Amin Gandapur, and Shahram Tarakai.
Meanwhile, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has disqualified three PTI lawmakers — Senator Ejaz Chaudhry, Punjab Assembly Opposition Leader Malik Ahmad Bhachar, and Ahmed Chattha — after their conviction in the May 9 riots case. Their seats have been declared vacant following 10-year sentences handed down by ATCs in Lahore and Sargodha.
PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan expressed alarm over the potential disqualification of 39 more parliamentarians linked to similar May 9 cases, raising concerns about political targeting of the party’s leadership.
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