Islamabad: A judicial magistrate in Islamabad has issued arrest warrants for Pakistan Tehreek -e -Insaf (PTI) leader Omar Ayub and other party data for violating Section 144, while 18 PTI workers arrested during the protest last year have been granted bail by the court.
The hearing against PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Khan, Omar Ayub, Aamir Dogar, and Aamir Mughal was heard before the judicial magistrate Shahzad Khan in the district and Sessions Court Islamabad.
Due to his absence, the court issued arrest warrants for Omar Ayub, Aamir Dogar and Aamir Mughal, while he was exempted from the attendance of Shabbat Shaheen and Barrister Gohar Khan.
Barrister Gohar Khan had filed a petition for exemption from attendance, which the court accepted. However, the voices of applications for the defense cannot be heard, which has led to the postponement of the case till April 23.
The case is related to the alleged violations of Section 144, in which two cases have been registered against Barrister Gohar Khan and others at the I-9 police station.
Meanwhile, the Anti -Terrorism Court has approved the bail of 18 PTI workers who were arrested on November 24 and 26, 2024 during a protest in Attak and Rawalpindi. The court ordered his release after spending 92 days in custody, the workers were gradually released from prisons in Attock, Jhelum and Adiala.
Defense lawyers Imran Abbasi and Faisal Malik argued that the arrested persons were taken from their homes without clear allegations, saying that peaceful protests were a constitutional right. The court, citing insufficient evidence, granted bail on the condition that every detaineer submitted a bail bond of Rs 0.1 million.
The workers released include Omar Farooq, Obaidullah Khan, Zain al -Abidin, Wajahat Ali, Ta’i Nasir, Khawawar Ali, Murtaza Khan, Mohammad Haroon, Lala Sher, Naeem Gul, and Fateh Khan. He was detained by police from various stations, including Hassan Abdul Sadar, Hazaro and Rawalpindi.
In addition, the hearing for bail applications of 1,249 other arrested PTI workers is set to begin on Monday 3 March.
