RAWALPINDI: Three extra accused together with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Member of the Nationwide Meeting (MNA) Zain Qureshi on Saturday have been indicted by an anti-terrorism courtroom (ATC) in Rawalpindi within the GHQ assault case associated to Might 9 riots.
The listening to was performed by ATC Choose Amjad Ali Shah whereas PTI founder Imran Khan was additionally produced within the courtroom.
The listening to was additionally attended by Particular Public Prosecutors Naveed Malik, Zaheer Shah, PTI attorneys Faisal Malik and Faisal Chaudhry.
Alongside Zain, Raja Nasir Mehfooz and Raja Shehbaz Tiger have additionally been indicted. Zain didn’t attend the listening to.
The whole variety of indictments reached 116 after right now’s improvement.
In the meantime, prosecution pleaded with the courtroom to order blocking identification playing cards of different accused together with Bilal, Ejaz, Asim, and Shaheer Sikandar.
This got here a day after the ATC rejected the acquittal pleas of PTI leaders together with incarcerated celebration founder-chairman Imran and former overseas minister Shah Mahmood, terming the petitions “infructuous” after indictment of the accused.
The suspects, who had been indicted within the case, included the previous ruling celebration’s high leaders Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Kyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, Kanwal Shauzab, Shehryar Afridi, Shibli Faraz and others.
Ex-PM Imran had additionally been formally charged for his involvement within the arson and vandalism on the Pakistan Military’s headquarters.
Dozens of PTI leaders and employees have been accused of planning the Might 9 occasions and inciting the employees and supporters to assault army and authorities installations following the arrest of the ousted prime minister by the Nationwide Accountability Bureau (NAB) final yr.
Throughout the protests, the miscreants focused the civil and army installations together with — Jinnah Home and the Normal Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi. The army termed Might 9 “Black Day” and determined to strive the protesters below the Military Act.
The PTI founder, nonetheless, blames the “companies males” for arson and taking pictures in some areas through the Might 9 violent protests.
The then-government in addition to the one incumbent rulers have again and again blamed the PTI founder and the celebration’s senior management for engineering “organised” assaults on army installations.
Regardless of securing aid in main instances, the previous premier nonetheless faces plenty of instances associated to the Might 9 incidents that are being heard by totally different anti-terrorism courts.