On Wednesday, the High Court of Peshawar (PHC) granted a protective guarantee to the leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-E-insaf (PTI) Shibli Faraz and Zartaj Gul, who were recently sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment in connection with the riots of May 9, reported Express News.
The bench, after having announced the verdict reserved on their petition, allowed the two leaders to make the deposit until August 11 and ordered them to approach the high court concerned to file their calls during this period.
The court also ordered that the two were not arrested during this period.
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The decision follows the decision of last week by a special special anti -terrorist (ATC) in Faisalabad, who sentenced more than 100 PTI leaders for their alleged involvement in the May 9 troubles.
Among the convicted persons, there was the opposition chief at the National Assembly Omar Ayub, the head of the opposition of the Senate Shibli Faraz, Zartaj Gul, the Mna Sahibzada Hamid Raza and the former Mna Sheikh Rashid Shafiq. The ATC paid 77 of the 185 people involved in cases.
Subsequently, the Pakistan Electoral Commission (ECP) disqualified nine legislators affiliated with PTI, including Ayub and Faraz.
A notification issued by the Commission declared a Senate and five seats of the Vacant National Assembly, as well as three seats in the Punjab Assembly. Others disqualified include Zartaj Gul, Sahibzada Hamid Raza, Junaid Afzal Sahi, Rai Hassan Nawaz, Rai Murtaza Iqbal, Rai Haider Ali and Ansar Iqbal.
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It is relevant to mention that last month, an ATC of Lahore had condemned ten PTI leaders, including Dr. Yasmin Rashid, up to 10 years in prison, while ATC in Sargodha pronounced a similar sentence to the Assembly of the Assembly of Pti Punjab, Malik Ahmed Khan Bhachar and other party workers.
May 9 riots
The riots of May 9 broke out at the national level following the arrest of the former Prime Minister Imran Khan, after which the leaders and workers of the PTI organized demonstrations targeting civil and military installations, in particular the house of Jinnah and the general seat (GHQ) in Rawalpindi.
The soldiers condemned events as “Black Day” and decided to try the demonstrators under the Army Act.
Following the troubles, many members of the PTI were arrested and tried before the military courts. In December, a military court sentenced 25 people, including the nephew of Imran Khan, Hassan Khan Niazi, then sentenced 60 others.
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In January, 19 convicts had forgiven their convictions following successful mercy calls, although PTI expressed its dissatisfaction on the limited number of pardons.
The military trials had initially been interrupted following a decision of the Supreme Court, but resumed following the instructions of the court to finalize the matters pending and announce judgments for the persons involved in violent incidents.
