ATC dismisses PTI leaders' plea to set aside charges

An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) has dismissed applications from detained leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), who sought to challenge the charges framed against them in connection with the May 9 riots that followed the arrest of PTI's founding chairman, Imran Khan.

Prominent PTI leaders, including Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Umar Sarfraz Cheema, and Dr. Yasmeen Rashid, had filed these applications requesting the court to annul the charges brought against them by the trial court.

During Monday's proceedings, held in jail, the ATC judge dismissed the applications and scheduled the next hearing for December 3, 2024, to continue the proceedings.