The court issued arrest warrants against Umar Ayub and other leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-E-insaf (PTI).
The case against the president of PTI, lawyer Gohar Khan, Omar Ayub, and others for violation of article 144 took place before the judicial magistrate Shahzad Khan in the district court and the Islamabad sessions.
During the hearing, arrest warrants were issued for Omar Ayub, Aamir Dogar and Aamir Mughal because of their absence, while the request for the presence of the Shoaib Shoaen and Barrister Gohar was granted.
Lawyer Gohar Khan filed a request for an exemption from presence at the hearing.
Defense acquittal requests could not be heard today, which led the court to postpone business before April 23.
It should be noted that two cases were recorded against the lawyer Gohar Khan and other people at the I-9 police station.
Earlier, an anti-terrorism court approved the deposit of 18 workers from Pakistan Tehreek-E-insaf (PTI) who were arrested during the demonstrations on November 24 and 26, 2024 in Attock and Rawalpindi.
The court ordered its release and, after spending 92 days in detention, the workers began to be released from the prisons of Attock, Jhelum and Adiala.
Defense lawyers Imran Abbasi and Faisal Malik argued that these individuals had been arrested from their homes in unknown circumstances and had no accusation against them.
They said the protest is not a crime and is a constitutional right.
The court, citing insufficient evidence, granted the deposit with the condition that each detainee subjects bonds worth 0.1 million rupees.
Liberated workers include Umar Farooq, Obaidullah Khan, Zainul Abidin, Wajahat Ali, Tayyab Nasir, Khawar Ali, Murtaza Khan, Muhammad Haroon, Lala Sher, Naeem Gul and Fatah Khan.
They were arrested by police from the Hassan Abdal Saddar police station, the Hazro police station and the Rawalpindi police.
Meanwhile, the hearings for petitions of release under bail of 1,249 other PTI employees arrested are expected to start on Monday, March 3.
