Several members of the local leadership of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) were booked in a terrorism case over alleged protests in Islamabad after ECP disqualified PTI Chairman & Former Prime Minister Imran Khan in the Toshakhana reference.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) disqualified former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan in the Toshakhana reference under Article 63(1)(p).
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A terror case was registered on the state’s behalf at I-9 Police Station against PTI leaders including Amir Kayani, Qayyum Abbasi, Senator Faisal Javed, Raja Rashid Hafiz, Umar Tanveer Butt, Rashid Naseem Abbasi, and Raja Majid were booked under sections of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA).
The FIR stated that the PTI leaders pelted stones at the police, FC, and administration officials.
“PTI workers set trees on fire in Faizabad and the surrounding areas and tried to harm government property,” the FIR stated.
Police have also booked PTI lawmaker Saleh Muhammad Khan Swati and his two gunmen, belonging to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police, on terrorism charges for allegedly shooting at the police party deployed on security duty outside the ECP.
The PTI MNA Saleh Muhammad and his two gunmen were arrested from outside the ECP office during a protest against the Toshakhana case’s verdict to disqualify Imran Khan.
A case was lodged against the PTI lawmaker and his two gunmen under the anti-terrorism act (ATA) who opens up fire at Chak Shahzad
According to the First Information Report (FIR), the accused attempted to disturb the law and order situation in an organized way and the lawmaker’s gunmen resorted to firing at police officials to murder them.
Remember that, Imran khan going to challenge the verdict and announced the to approach the court to challenge his disqualification in the Toshakhana case following the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) verdict.
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