US EditionConvictions Rain Down on PTI Leaders
Anti-terrorism courts sentenced 31 PTI suspects to 10 years for May 9 riots involving arson and attacks on military sites, with some acquitted or declared absconding.
- On December 21, an Anti-Terrorism Court in Lahore sentenced four Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leaders to 10 years in prison in cases tied to the May 9 riots, a day after separate convictions.
- The May 9, 2023 unrest began when Imran Khan's arrest at the Islamabad High Court prompted protests, with Gulberg and Naseerabad police registering cases of vehicle and container burning.
- After 80 hearings, Special Judge Central Shahrukh Arjumand ruled at Adiala jail while ATC Judge Arshad Javed announced a verdict at Kot Lakhpat Jail, acquitting senior PTI leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi and 13 others but declaring Mian Aslam Iqbal absconding.
- Earlier today, a special court sentenced Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi to 17 years each in the Toshakhana-2 case, recording multiple imprisonments under corruption-related penal sections.
- The latest convictions add to legal troubles for jailed Imran Khan, while the May 9 attacks on civil and military sites including GHQ raise political and security stakes for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
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Convictions rain down on PTI leaders
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) has convicted some key PTI leaders — Dr Yasmin Rashid, Ejaz Chaudhary, Mahmoodur Rasheed and Omar Sarfraz Cheema — in two more May 9 rioting cases. ATC Judge Arshad Javed on Saturday unveiled his orders in a courtroom in Lahore Kot Lakhpat Jail in relation to the Kalma Chowk and the Gulberg cases. Authorities had registered in view of the acts of vandalism that transpired in Lahore in the wake of former prime minist…
Pakistan Court Sentences PTI Leaders To 10 Years In Prison Over May 9 Riots
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has sentenced senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leaders, including Yasmin Rashid, Omer Sarfraz Cheema and Mian Mehmoodur Rashid, to 10 years in prison in cases linked to the May 9, 2023 riots.
Times of India
The Economic TimesPakistan court sentences 4 PTI leaders for 10 years in connection with May 9 riots
An anti-terrorism court has sentenced four PTI leaders, including Yasmin Rashid and Mian Mehmoodur Rashid, to 10 years in prison for their involvement in the May 9 riots. The convictions stem from cases related to the burning of vehicles and a container. These sentences follow earlier convictions for the same leaders in other May 9 riot cases.
Yasmin Rashid, Ejaz Chaudhry, other PTI leaders sentenced to 10 years by Lahore ATC in additional May 9 cases
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Saturday sentenced PTI leaders Dr Yasmin Rashid, Ejaz Chaudry, Omar Sarfraz Cheema and Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed to 10 years in prison terms in two more May 9 cases. The latest court verdict comes a day after a Lahore ATC acquitted PTI leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi, while sentencing four other leaders, including Dr. Yasmin Rashid, Omer Sarfraz Cheema, Mian Mehmoodur Rashid, and Ejaz Chaudhry, to 10 years in pr…
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