“PTI Founder Summons in ATC Court Proceedings and May 9 Cases Amid Security Concerns”
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Rawalpindi has summoned the PTI founder, who is already behind bars in cipher and grafts cases, in May 9 cases on Tuesday (today).
However, the PTI founder attended the court’s proceedings via video link as he could not be produced in the court by Adiala jail authorities owing to security concerns.
During the hearing of the cases, RA Bazar Police Station officials sought physical remand of the PTI founder in the May 9 cases, however, ATC Judge Malik Aijaz Asif turned down the request.
The ATC judge directed the police to interrogate the PTI founder in Adiala prison.
The development comes days after PTI senior leader Shah Mahood Qureshi was arrested in the May 9 cases after the Supreme Court approved his bail in a cipher case.
A local court in Rawalpindi sent Qureshi to Adiala jail on a 14-day remand in connection with May 9 cases including the one related to the attack on GHQ on December 28, 2023.
Qureshi was initially arrested in a GHQ attack reference from Adiala Jail, however later 12 other cases related to violent May 9 protests were also lodged against him.
In May last year, Khan’s alleged supporters and workers resorted to violence attacking and ransacking military installations including GHQ in protest against the arrest of the party chief in a graft case.
Subsequently, dozens of PTI leaders and workers were arrested in connection with the May 9 mayhem, while several leaders have parted ways with Khan over the riots that they believed was a result of the former premier’s contentious politics.
