The deputy chief of the PTI opposition in the Punjab assembly, Muhammad Moeen-Uud-Din Riaz, denounced the verdicts as a "Black day for democracy"Saying that the legislators, including the opposition chief of the largest province in Pakistan, were sentenced to fabricated evidence and false testimonies.
"Each child in Pakistan knows the fate of these cases well," He said, adding that the public was fully aware of the conduct of the judiciary. "PTI will dispute the decision of the ATC court in a appeal forum," He said, saying that Bhachar was and would remain the opposition chief. The PTI chief whip in the Punjab assembly, Rana Shahbaz Ahmad, said such decisions could not force them to retreat. "We support a cause, for the future of this nation," He said. He warned that if such verdicts were continuing, there would be "No doubt that 80% of the PTI legislators will be condemned," Even if they had nothing to do with the offenses mentioned in the FIR. He urged the government to form a committee to examine the "forged case" Recorded through Punjab against leaders, workers and supporters of the PTI, comparing the legal assault on a witch hunt. The MPa Waqas Maan opposition also criticized the ATC verdict, calling it nothing less than "A funeral of justice". He warned the government against the opposition touch, recalling that "Times change". Meanwhile, the leaders of the PTI sentenced by the anti -terrorist courts in the affairs linked to May 9 said on Wednesday that court decisions could not draw their determination, affirming that they lasted difficulties in future generations. The challenge was palpable, even if the hammer fell. According to the lawyers present in the courtroom, several PTI leaders smiled stoically while the ATC judge in Lahore began to make the verdict. While the judgment was announced, the condemned Afzal Azeem Pahat chanted slogans in support of Imran Khan, which were taken up by the leaders of PTI and the family members present in the courtroom. It was the first public reaction after the high leaders of the PTI, including Shah Mehmood Qureshi, former governor Omer Sarfraz Cheema, Ijaz Chaudhry, the head of the Punjab assembly, Malik Ahmad Khan Bhachar, former Minister Mian Mehmood Ur Rasheed, Dr. Yasmeen Rashid and others, were sentenced to 10 years in prison. The case against them involved a range of offenses, in particular inciting public disorders, the criminal fire, the harmful goods of the State and the creation of anarchy following the violence of May 9. Although Shah Mehmood Qureshi was finally acquitted, the lawyers described it as deeply shaken by the convictions transmitted to its colleagues member of the party and to workers. Outside the courtroom, emotions have run. The wife of former governor Omer Sarfraz Cheema told him, "I’m proud of you"As he calmly responded to his sentence, saying him "Don’t make a difference for me". The members of the Qureshi family also comforted the families of others convicted, ensuring their unshakable support. Despite being elderly, family members gathered around the Ijaz Chaudhry senator, which seemed to be composed and resolved, saying, saying, saying, saying, saying, saying, saying, "The right time will come" As they stood on the side of the truth. Dr. Yasmeen Rashid and Mian Mehmood Ur Rasheed were not present in the courtroom when their convictions were announced.
