Rana Sanaullah’s arrest warrants suspended in terrorism case

GUJRANWALA: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Gujranwala on Tuesday suspended Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah’s non-bailable arrest warrants in life threats hurling case, ARY News reported.

ATC judge Rana Zahid Iqbal Khan heard the terrorism case registered against Sanaullah in August last year.

During the proceedings, the ATC suspended arrest warrants issued for Rana Sanaullah and directed him to submit surety bonds worth Rs100,000.

The court adjourned the further proceedings until April 28.

It is pertinent to mention here that the arrest warrants were issued in a case filed at the Industrial police station against the senior PML-N leader in August 2022 on a complaint of PML-Q leader Shahkaz Aslam for issuing life threats to the Punjab chief secretary and his family members.

The FIR

On Aug 25, a first information report (FIR) was filed against Interior Minister and PML-N leader Rana Sanaullah under the Anti-Terrorism Act in Gujrat’s Industrial Area Police Station.

The FIR was registered on the complaint of common citizen Shahkaz Aslam.

According to the FIR’s content, Sanaullah blatantly targeted honorable judiciary and government officials in 2021.