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Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Pakistan’s erstwhile overseas curate and vice-president of jailed erstwhile premier curate Imran Khan’s party, and 20 different leaders were indicted by a tribunal present connected aggregate charges related to the May 9, 2023 riots, a tribunal authoritative said connected Tuesday.
Qureshi described the charges, framed during a proceeding held astatine Kot Lakhpat Jail present connected Monday, arsenic baseless and politically motivated and said the cases were designed to suppress Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) leadership.
Among the elder enactment leaders indicted by the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) were PTI’s Punjab president Dr Yasmin Rashid, Senator Ejaz Chaudhry, erstwhile Punjab politician Omar Sarfraz Cheema, erstwhile provincial curate Mian Mahmoodur Rasheed, ex-lawmakers Aliya Hamza and Rubina Jamil, and societal media activistic Sanam Javed.
The league was presided implicit by ATC justice Manzer Ali Khan.
Qureshi was transported to the tribunal from Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail.
A peculiar authoritative presented the complaint sheets, which included accusations of attacking a constabulary station, torching nationalist property, and assaulting instrumentality enforcement personnel.
According to the tribunal official, each accused individuals denied the allegations, pleaded not guilty, and expressed their intent to contention the charges, asserting that the prosecution lacked grounds to substantiate its claims.
The tribunal directed the prosecution to contiguous its witnesses during the adjacent hearing, scheduled for November 25.
On May 9, 2023, Khan’s enactment workers vandalised a twelve subject installations, including the Jinnah House (Lahore Corps Commander House), Mianwali Airbase and the ISI gathering successful Faisalabad. The Pakistan Army office (GHQ) successful Rawalpindi was besides attacked by the mob for the archetypal time.
Speaking to reporters extracurricular the jail, Qureshi reaffirmed his allegiance to Khan, who remains incarcerated since Aug 2023 successful implicit 200 cases.
Qureshi described the cases arsenic baseless and politically motivated, designed to suppress PTI’s enactment and unlawfully support them down bars.
Qureshi besides urged PTI workers and supporters to enactment afloat successful the planned Nov 24 protestation march to Islamabad, calling it a rally for the state of governmental prisoners, the restoration of an autarkic judiciary successful Pakistan, and the merchandise of Imran Khan.
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