A Lahore Anti-terrorism court on Tuesday indicted PTI leaders Yasmin Rashid, Senator Ejaz Chaudhry and ex-MPA Rubina Jamil in a case of alleged vandalism of police vehicles and assault on the police.
PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s arrest on May 9 in the Al-Qadir Trust case had resulted in widespread violence and saw important military installations come under attack, on the basis of which the state had launched a severe crackdown against his party.
While the ex-premier was released a few days later (he has since been rearrested in the Toshakhana, cipher and now Al-Qadir Trust cases), scores of PTI workers and almost the entire top-tier leadership were rounded up, with many still facing court proceedings under serious charges.
The said FIRs had included those pertaining to attacks on the Corps Commander House, Askari Tower, the Shadman police station, and the torching of PML-N party offices in Model Town on May 9.
A day ago, Yasmin Rashid and Omar Sarfaraz Cheema were arrested on a fresh first information report pertaining to attacking the Prime Minister’s House in Lahore.
The ATC had denied the police’s request for her physical remand and had sent her on judicial remand.
The copies of the charge sheet had been distributed to the suspects during the previous hearing. The Sarwar Road police station have registered two cases against the accused.
Judge Abhar Gul presided over the hearing, where the accused pleaded not guilty to the offences on Tuesday.
The ATC summoned the witnesses in the case on Dec 16 to record their testimonies.
