Long march vandalism: ATC indicts Ali Zaidi, other PTI leaders

KARACHI: A Karachi anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Saturday indicted 15 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders including Ali Haider Zaidi and Khurrum Sher Zaman in a case pertaining to alleged vandalizing during the party’s long march on May 25.

The ATC heard two cases against PTI leaders on Saturday.

PTI leaders Ali Haider Zaidi, Khurrum Sher Zaman, Jamal Siddiqui, Arsalan Taj Ghumman, Firdous Shamim Naqvi and others appeared before the court on Saturday.

Police officials submitted the charges against the accused, accusing them of arson, rioting, and attempted murder.

Former federal minister Ali Zaidi, Khurram Sher Zaman, Bilal Ghaffar, Arslan Taj, Muhammad Ali, Jamal Siddiqui, Firdous Shamim Naqvi, Mohsin Ali and Ashraf Ali have been nominated in cases registered under terrorism and attempt to murder charges at Soldier Bazar and Ferozabad police stations.

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An FIR No 359/22 under the sections 147, 148, 149, 186, 353, 324, 283, 435, 109, 427 and 504 of the Pakistan Penal Code read with the Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act was registered at the Soldier Bazaar police station on the complaint of SHO Waqar Azeem.

The FIR said that almost 700 PTI workers gathered at Numaish Chowrangi and blocked the road after provoking the masses.