ACT declares 10 key PTI leaders absconders

ISLAMABAD: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Wednesday declared 10 leaders of PTI as absconders while issuing perpetual arrest warrants against them in case pertaining to the vandalising at the judicial complex.

The declared court absconders include Murad Saeed, Asad Umar, Ali Amin Gandapur, Shibli Faraz, Farrukh Habib, Hammad Azhar, Omar Ayub Khan, Ali Nawaz Awan, Hassan Khan Niazi, Umar Sultan and Muhammad Asim, the official news agency reported.

ATC Judge Abual Hasnat Muhammad Zulqarnain heard the aforesaid case and declared the accused absconders due to continuous absence from the proceedings.

The court instructed the police to present the accused before it after arresting them.

It may be mentioned here that the capital police had registered a case against the accused for protesting and vandalising the public property during the appearance of PTI Chairman Imran Khan in the judicial complex.