An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) formally indicted leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), including Yasmin Rashid, Main Mehmoodur Rasheed, and Ejaz Chaudhry, in connection with vandalism incidents on May 9, 2023.
May 09 events transpired following the ex-prime minister and founder of PTI Imran Khan’s detention related to the Al-Qadir Trust case, with charges filed at the Shadman police station.
Post-indictment, the ATC decreed that the accused would undergo trial within the confines of a correctional facility.
In a related development, the Punjab Home Department delivered a detailed 17-page analysis to the Standing Committee on Law and Order, blaming Imran Khan and the senior echelons of PTI for the May 9 disruptions in Lahore. This documentation, now formally integrated into official records, delineates the disturbances as orchestrated assaults against state and military entities orchestrated by both the central and local PTI leadership.
Identified within the report, PTI figures such as Hammad Azhar, Dr. Yasmin Rashid, Ejaz Chaudhry, Ghulam Mohiuddin, Mian Mahmoodur Rashid, Umar Sarfaraz Cheema, Mansab Awan, Azam Khan Niazi, Bajash Niazi, and Murad Raas are held responsible for their roles in the unrest deemed a “war against the state.”
