Judicial Complex vandalism: ATC issues arrest warrants for 10 PTI leaders

ISLAMABAD: The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC), Islamabad Judge Abual Hasnat Zulqarnain on Wednesday issued permanent arrest warrants for 10 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders in the Judicial Complex vandalism case.

The leaders in question are former ministers Murad Saeed, Umer Ayub, Ali Ameen Gandapur, Shibli Faraz, Farrukh Habib, Hammad Azhar, Ali Nawaz Awan, Hassaan Niazi, Umar Sultan, and Mohammad Asim. The warrants were issued due to the continuous absence of the accused leaders during the case hearing.

The ATC in its order said that the accused have been proclaimed offenders and they should be arrested wherever they seen.

It is pertinent to mention here that the Islamabad police had registered a case against the PTI chairman and other party leaders for attacking, vandalizing, and damaging the Judicial Complex during the former premier’s appearance.

According to the FIR, “the leaders of a political party were leading the mob that they provoked the people, which led to vandalism.”

An attempt was made to attack the Federal Judicial Complex and the Islamabad High Court (IHC) under a plan, according to the FIR.