RAWALPINDI (Kashmir English): Senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders, including PTI founder Imran Khan’s sisters, have been booked in a case related to the protest outside Adiala Jail on Tuesday night.
The case has been registered at Saddar Beroni Police Station in Rawalpindi under the provisions of Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) and other sections related to attempted murder and conspiracy, etc.
The FIR was registered against Aleema Khan, Noreen Niazi, Qasim Khan, PTI Secretary-General Salman Akram Raja, Advocate Tabish, Semabia Tahir, Naeem Haider Panjota, ex-MPA Taimoor Masood, MPA Tanveer Aslam, MPA Bismah Riaz, Tayyaba Raja, and 300-400 unknown individuals.
According to the FIR, PTI leadership gave a sit-in protest on meeting day with the former prime minister in front of the Shaigham factory at Adiala Road. The leadership gathered and instigated the mob into anti-establishment and government slogans.
The mob had reached around 400 individuals who went aggressive at around 02:30 am on December 17, it added.
“The moment the mob became aggressive, the Police started action and unleashed water cannon. During the action, 14 x protestors entered into a clash with police, who were immediately arrested, and the remaining managed to escape,” the FIR writes.
