- The lawyer says Ayub’s medical certificate presented to the court.
- The NA opposition leader will appear in court on January 30.
- Sanam Javaid of PTI, Aliya Hamza other names in several cases.
Sargodha: The legal woes of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders continue to pile up as Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Thursday issued an arrest warrant against National Assembly leader Omar Ayub for not not appear before the court of the court in the court of the court in the court of the court in the court of the court of the court of the court of the court of the court of the court of the court of the court In the court of the court in the court of the court of the court of the court of the court in a case related to the May 9 riots.
Confirming the development, Ayub’s lawyer Sajid Mehmood said the NA opposition leader’s medical certificate has been submitted to the Sargodha court and he will appear in the case on January 30.
The issuance of the arrest warrant against the backdrop of several cases registered against PTI’s AYUB, Leader of Opposition Punjab Assembly Malik Ahmed Khan Bachar, MNA Bilal Ejaz, Sanam Javaid and Aliya Hamza and 300 party workers at Mianwali police stations.
The cases involve allegations of vandalization of Pakistan Air Force government facilities and property.
The latest arrest warrant came a day after an ATC in Faisalabad issued non-reducible arrest warrants against AYUB and Senate Opposition Leader Shibli Faraz in another case related to the 9 may.
The party leadership, including its founder Imran Khan, as well as senior leaders such as Shah Mahmood Qureshi and others, remain embroiled in a plethora of legal cases stemming from the May 9 incident that saw military installations – including the General Headquarters Rawalpindi (GHQ), the Lahore Corps, the Lahore Corps, the Lahore Corps, the Lahore Corps, the Lahore Corps, Rawalpindi (GHQ), of Lahore’s Corps of Lahore, of Rawalpindi (GHQ), from Lahore’s Corps Commander’s house – being vandalized by an angry mob after Khan’s arrest in a graft case.
The riots have since been blamed on the PTI by the then Democratic Movement (PDM) government, the Guardian government and the current administration of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif – an allegation vehemently denied by the former ruling party .
In the wake of violent incidents across the country, individuals involved in the May 9 riots were tried by military courts which handed down harsh punishments of two to 10 years to a total of 85 “guilty”.
The issue of the May 9 riots has also been made a key issue in its ongoing negotiations with the government, as the party has demanded the formation of a judicial commission to investigate the riots.
According to the PTI’s written “Charter of Demands”, the Commission – the first of the two with the second being tasked with probing the events surrounding the party’s November 2024 protest in Islamabad – is to “conduct a thorough investigation into the legality of the legality of the events leading to Khan’s arrest.”
