US EditionDr Yasmin Rashid, other PTI leaders awarded 10-year jail in May 9 case
The Lahore Anti-Terrorism Court sentenced several Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leaders to 5-10 years for arson and violence during May 9 riots; others were acquitted due to insufficient evidence.
- On May 9, 2023, an Anti-Terrorism Court in Lahore handed down ten-year prison sentences to several senior members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, such as Yasmin Rashid, for their roles in arson during protests.
- The sentences followed unrest that erupted after PTI founder Imran Khan was arrested in a graft case, during which thousands of his supporters stormed public and military installations.
- Other PTI leaders, including Omar Sarfraz Cheema, Ejaz Chaudhry, Mian Mehmood-ur-Rasheed, and Khadija Shah, were sentenced to prison terms ranging from five to ten years, whereas Shah Mahmood Qureshi along with two female party members were acquitted due to lack of sufficient evidence.
- The Anti-Terrorism Court conducted trials at Kot Lakhpat Jail and delivered verdicts in cases involving the burning of a Supreme Court judge’s vehicle and a government car during the May 9 riots.
- These convictions add to mounting legal challenges faced by PTI, with many leaders remaining imprisoned and several others released on bail amid ongoing appeals against the sentences.
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Pakistani court gives 17 Imran Khan supporters 10-year prison terms
Lahore: A Pakistani court has handed down jail terms of 10 years each to 17 supporters of former prime minister Imran Khan in a 2023 riot case. Anti-Terrorism Court Lahore Judge Manzer Ali Gill pronounced the verdict inside Kot Lakhpat Jail here on Tuesday in the case related to torching a Supreme Court judge squad’s vehicle in the city during May 9, 2023, protests, which erupted after the arrest of Khan by Pakistan Rangers. Among the Pakistan T…
Pakistan court jails Imran Khan aides to 10 years over May 2023 riots
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Tuesday sentenced top aides of former prime minister Imran Khan to 10 years in prison, but acquitted Shah Mahmood Qureshi, a former foreign minister, in a case related to 2023 riots, Khan’s party and local media said. The riots erupted after Khan was briefly arrested in Islamabad on corruption charges on May 9, 2023, with
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