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Express Tribune
26-05-2025
- Politics
- Express Tribune
PTI men granted bail
The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporter in a case related to May 9 violence, while an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) approved bail pleas of 76 arrested PTI workers in the cases stemming from the November 26, 2024 D-Chowk protest. Rawalpindi ATC Judge Amjad Ali Shah heard the bail applications of 76 PTI supporters, currently lodged in Attock Jail. The judge also issued the release order of the accused. The accused had been arrested in three cases registered in the Attock district. In the Supreme Court, a three-member bench, headed by Justice Hashim Kakar, heard the bail application of accused Raza Ali. Ali faced charges of injuring a policeman during violent attack on the Jinnah House on May 9, 2023. The judge granted bail against the surety bonds of Rs200,000. Meanwhile, an ATC postponed hearing against PTI workers in a case registered by Ramna Police Station with regard to May 9 riots. ATC Judge Tahir Abbas Supra heard the case. During the hearing, accused Zaryab did not appear in the court and he filed a request for exemption from attendance. The court postponed the verdict in the case due to the unavailability of the accused and adjourned the hearing till May 29. During the previous hearing, section-342 statements were signed by the accused. PTI workers, including MNA Abdul Latif, and former provincial minister Wazirzada Kailashi, are named in the case.
Express Tribune
24-05-2025
- Express Tribune
Triple murderer gets life in jail on 7 counts
A special Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Saturday awarded a triple murder accused seven life terms and ordered confiscation of all his moveable and immoveable properties. The convict was additionally sentenced to a total of five more years in prison for other related offences along with a fine and compensation of Rs1.2 million. Judge Amjad Ali Shah announced the verdict in the high-profile police encounter case of Dina Police Station, Jhelum, in which three police officers were martyred. The accused, Abid Ali Shah, son of Zulfiqar Shah, was found guilty. Shah was travelling from Islamabad to Gujrat on June 12, 2024, accompanied by companions. Near the Turki Mor toll plaza, police had set up a checkpoint. When the accused's car, bearing registration number CH 632, approached the checkpoint, the police suspected the vehicle and signalled it to stop. However, the vehicle fled. The police pursued the vehicle with two official cars. Upon reaching the Dina police jurisdiction, the accused opened fire with a Kalashnikov rifle, resulting in the martyrdom of Head Constable Gulzar Ahmed, and Constables Mazhar Hussain, and Zeeshan Sadiq. The accused fled into a nearby forest, but police managed to apprehend one suspect during the pursuit and recovered the assault rifle used in the attack.
Express Tribune
09-05-2025
- Politics
- Express Tribune
ATC takes up May 9 riot cases today
The special Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) will hear all 14 cases related to the May 9 riots, including the attack on GHQ, today (Saturday). However, the GHQ attack case will once again not be held as a jail trial. The last jail trial took place on February 25. Judge Amjad Ali Shah of the special ATC will be preside over today's proceedings at the District Courts, rather than at the jail premises. The Supreme Court (SC)'s directive to complete trials related to the May 9 events within four months has been officially conveyed to all 11 special ATCs judges across Punjab. A special meeting was recently held under the supervision of Justice Shahbaz Rizvi, the supervising judge of Lahore High Court (LHC) for anti-terrorism courts. The meeting, attended by all ATC judges from the province, reviewed the SC's orders regarding the four-month trial deadline and the proceedings related to military court trials. A province-wide decision was made to expedite the hearing of terrorism-related cases. In connection with this, today's hearings are expected to be particularly significant. In the GHQ Gate 1 attack case, two witnesses – Magistrate Mujtaba Hassan and Sub-Inspector Riaz – have been summoned for the seventh time. Copies of challans (charge sheets) will also be distributed among the nominated accused in the cases of GHQ Gate 4 attack, attack on the Army Museum, arson at a sensitive agency's building in Saddar, the burning of a Metro Bus station in New Town, and vandalism at a sensitive agency's office. Dates will be fixed for the formal framing of charges in all these cases. The court has summoned all the accused for today's session. Given the simultaneous hearing of 14 cases, police have enforced strict security measures at the District Courts.
Express Tribune
28-03-2025
- Politics
- Express Tribune
ATC allows Imran's talks with children
The special anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Friday ordered the Adiala Jail superintendent to provide books to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan, and arrange his telephone conversation his children before Eidul Fitr. ATC Judge Amjad Ali Shah approved two applications of the PTI founder, as he heard the case of attack on the GHQ on May 9, 2023. The court also approved the federal police's request for the custody of the PTI protesters arrested in Rawalpinis during the protests on November 24, 2024. The court ordered the handover of 118 accused in five cases registered at Karachi Company, Aabpara, Ramna and Kohsar police stations to the Islamabad Police.
Express Tribune
12-03-2025
- Express Tribune
Retired PAF officer secures bail
Judge Amjad Ali Shah of the special anti-terrorism court has accepted the bail application of Pakistan Air Force Squadron Leader (retd) Anum Hasan and ordered her release. The court ordered the accused squadron leader to submit a surety bond of Rs50,000. The accused had been sent to Adiala Jail on judicial remand by the Senior Civil Judge Rawalpindi two days ago for the crime of forging a divorce certificate and order from the family court. Her alleged first husband, Squadron Leader Adnan Shamoon, had registered a case against her at the Civil Lines police station on the charges of preparing a fake court order and a fake divorce certificate and registering it in the union council. Later, the police arrested the woman, and the court ordered her detention in Adiala Jail for 14 days.
