Rawalpindi: PTI founder Imran Khan has been charged in the GHQ attack case while opposition leader Umar Ayub has also been detained.
Special Anti-Terrorism Court Judge Amjad Ali Shah heard the May 9 GHQ attack case in Adiala Jail, in which the court indicted PTI founder Imran Khan. The anti-terrorism court indicted Sheikh Rashid, Omar Ayub, Sheikh Rashid Shafiq and others.
The Anti-Terrorism Court indicted the present 100 suspects, which include charges of rebellion, terrorism, attempted murder, vandalism, arson and criminal conspiracy.
After being indicted by the court, all the accused, including the founder PTI, denied the crime.
Founder PTI, Sheikh Rashid, Sadaqat Abbasi, Umar Ayub, Zartaj Gul, Sheikh Rashid Shafiq, Wasiq Qayyum Abbasi, Malik Ahmed Chatta, Raja Basharat, Usman Dar, Ashraf Khan Sohna and others were present in the court on the occasion of indictment. were
After the court verdict, the leader of the opposition in the National Assembly Umar Ayub was detained while the former law minister Raja Bashavarat was also arrested on his release from jail.
Apart from this, PTI activist Azim was also arrested. Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Ahmed Chatta was also detained and shifted to Adiala Police Station.
Rawalpindi Police arrested 4 PTI leaders including Leader of Opposition National Assembly Umar Ayub. All the leaders have been arrested in cases registered in the wake of the violent protests over the final call.
The court adjourned the next hearing of the case till December 10 and asked the evidence of the prosecution.
Earlier, Umar Ayub, Zartaj Gul, Rashid Shafiq, Sadaqat Abbasi, Wasiq Qayyum Abbasi, Javed Kausar, Sajid Qureshi, Musrat Jamshed Cheema, Muhammad Ahmed Chhata, Usman Dar reached Adiala Jail to appear in the hearing of the case.
The court had summoned all the accused in the GHQ attack case today, and 120 accused, including the founder chairman PTI, were to be indicted.
In connection with the case, the court has also summoned former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi from Lahore Jail.
The court ordered the arrest and production of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, Shibli Faraz, Shireen Mazari, Zartaj Gul, Zain Qureshi, Taiba Raja.
Apart from them, an order was issued to arrest and produce all the other absent 45 accused. The court had ordered that if the suspects with arrest warrants do not appear, legal proceedings will be initiated to declare them public.
