ATC declares 8 PTI leaders as proclaimed offenders

LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court(ATC) Lahore on Saturday declared 8 Pakistan Tehreak e Insaf leaders as proclaimed offenders in a case of May 9.

The hearing, conducted by ATC Judge Arshad Javed, was based on a petition submitted by the Lahore police.

On May 9, there has been a development in the case of burning a container at Kalma Chowk, in which the anti-terrorism court of Lahore declared 8 leaders of PTI as advertisers.

The court has also declared PTI leaders Aslam Iqbal, Hammad Azhar, Murad Saeed, Zubair Niazi, Hamid Raza Gilani, Mohammad Javed, Abdul Samad and Wasiq Qayyum as proclaimed offender.

The court also issued permanent arrest warrants for PTI leaders.

The anti-terrorism court took action on the request of the police in the case registered in the Naseerabad police station, in which the police took the stand that the accused have gone into hiding for fear of arrest.

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