Pak court issues arrest warrants to over 100 PTI activists for their involvement in May 9 violence
Currently over 10,000 PTI workers and leaders are languishing in jails in different parts of the country after May 9 events.
LAHORE: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Friday issued arrest warrants to more than 100 activists of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party for their alleged involvement in the attack on the ISI building in Punjab province during the anti-government protests.
On May 9, violent protests erupted after the arrest of Khan, the former prime minister and PTI party chief, by paramilitary Rangers from the premises of the Islamabad High Court in connection with an alleged corruption case.
His party workers vandalised a dozen military installations, including the Jinnah House (Lahore Corps Commander House), Mianwali airbase and the ISI building in Faisalabad.
The Army headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi was also attacked by the mob for the first time.
“The Anti-Terrorism Court issued arrest warrants of over 100 PTI leaders and workers allegedly involved in the attack on Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) offices in Faisalabad city (some 130kms from Lahore) during riots on May 9, 2023,” a court official told PTI here on Friday.
The PTI leaders who are contesting next month’s general elections from the Faisalabad district are also among those whose arrest warrants have been issued, he said.
The wanted men of the PTI have reportedly been hiding since May.
The Pakistan Army is already conducting the trial of 102 suspects involved in the attacks on military installations including the ISI building in Faisalabad during violent protests that erupted on May 9 across the country following the arrest of former prime minister and PTI supremo Khan.
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