30 accused declared absconders in Jinnah House arson case

30 accused declared absconders in Jinnah House arson case

An anti-terrorism court in Lahore deemed 30 undercover suspects absconders on Wednesday, which was an important development in the Jinnah House arson investigation, according to Express News.

The lawsuit concerns the alleged attack on the historic Commander’s House of the Corps, formerly known as Jinnah House, which was the home of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the man who founded Pakistan.

The incident, which is thought to have been planned by PTI supporters, happened a few hours after Imran Khan, the founder of the PTI, was detained by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on May 9, 2017, in connection with the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case.

Asma Mumtaz, Rizwana Ghazanfar, Hayat Sikander, Waqas Ahmed Mohsin, Owais Khan, Amjad Parvez Abbasi, Raja Shah Nawaz, Tanzeela Imran Khan, Shunila Ruth, Zahid Lodhi, Malik Taimur, and other accused have all been proclaimed absconders.

Despite the publication of advertisements, the accused did not show up, therefore the police filed a plea to deem them absconders. The accused had fled into hiding out of dread of being arrested, the investigating officer told the court.

The police requested that Judge Muhammad Naveed Iqbal of the Anti-Terrorism Court declare the thirty accused as absconders, and Judge Iqbal granted their request.