Eight cases have been registered in Islamabad against the leadership and workers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for alleged attacks on police and acts of vandalism during the party's protest in the federal capital.
The FIRs name PTI founder Imran Khan, his wife Bushra Bibi, and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, among others.
According to details available with Express News, the cases were registered in various police stations, including Shehzad Town, Sihala, Bani Gala, Khanna, Shams Colony, Tarnol, Noon, and Nilore. The charges include terrorism, violations of the Assembly Act, attacks on police, abductions, obstruction of official duties, damage to public property, arson, and defiance of Section 144.
The FIRs also name senior PTI leaders Salman Akram Raja and Sheikh Waqas along with thousands of unidentified individuals of orchestrating and participating in the violence. Charges of disrupting government functions and violating public order have also been mentioned in the FIRs.
The cases related to PTI's Oct 4 protest in Islamabad also remain, during which several party workers were detained, many of whom have since served jail time and been released.
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