21 PTI workers declared proclaimed offenders

LAHORE:

An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday declared 21 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers proclaimed offenders in Ma9 violence cases. The ATC declared 10 PTI workers proclaimed offenders and issued their perpetual arrest warrants in the May 9 case related to the torching of police vehicles near Jinnah House.

The workers declared proclaimed offenders include Ahmad Altaf, Hamza Aslam, Anamul Haq, Abdullah, Akbar Khan, Irfan Jamil, Arbaz Khalid, Hassan Nawaz Khan and Tayyab Majeed.

ATC Judge Manzar Ali Gill issued the orders on an application filed by the Sarwar Road police.

The police stated that extensive efforts had been made to arrest the accused, but they could not be apprehended as they had gone into hiding to avoid arrest. They submitted that the accused did not appear despite the publication of advertisements and requested the court to declare them proclaimed offenders.

The court also declared 11 PTI workers proclaimed offenders in a case related to the torching of the Shadman Police Station during the May 9 violence and issued their perpetual arrest warrants.

The workers declared proclaimed offenders are Usman Ghani, Mohsin Khan, Naveed Khan, Muhammad Faizan, Mateen Khan, Arbaz Ali, Ali Hamza, Muhammad Zahid, Sami Ullah, Manzar Khan and Bakht Khan.