ATC suspends arrest warrants for KP CM Gandapur



KP CM Ali Amin Gandapur addresses PTI supporters at a protest demonstration  at the Ring road in Peshawar, March 10, 2024. — PPI
KP CM Ali Amin Gandapur addresses PTI supporters at a protest demonstration  on the Ring street in Peshawar, March 10, 2024. — PPI

RAWALPINDI: An anti-terrorism courtroom (ATC) has suspended the non-bailable arrest warrants beforehand issued towards Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur.

The Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorism Court docket nullified the warrants pertaining to a case filed in Hassan Abdal Police Station.

The request to droop the arrest warrants was filed by Gandapur’s lawyer, Muhammad Faisal Malik, who argued that the Peshawar Excessive Court docket had already granted bail to Gandapur in all instances.

The lawyer submitted the Peshawar Excessive Court docket’s order to the courtroom, after which the anti-terrorism courtroom suspended the non-bailable arrest warrants issued towards Gandapur.

Moreover, the courtroom annulled proceedings to declare the chief minister as a proclaimed offender.

Final month, an ATC in Rawalpindi issued non-bailable arrest warrants for KP CM Gandapur and different PTI leaders in a case pertaining to the assault on military’s Common Head­quarters (GHQ) throughout Could 9 violent protests final 12 months.

The Could 9 riots had been triggered nearly throughout the nation after the deposed prime minister Khan’s arrest within the £190 million settlement case.

Lots of of PTI staff and senior leaders had been put behind the bars for his or her involvement in violence and assaults on army installations final 12 months.

Throughout the protests, the miscreants focused the civil and army installations together with — the Jinnah Home and GHQ in Rawalpindi.

The army termed Could 9 “Black Day” and determined to attempt the protesters underneath the Military Act.