The Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Wednesday issued a bailable arrest warrant for PTI founder Imran Khan\u2019s sister, Aleema Khanum, in connection with the party\u2019s November 26 case, dismissing an exemption plea filed by her to appear for a hearing.<\/p>\n
More than 10,000 PTI supporters surged into the city on Nov 26 last year, defying a ban on public gatherings and a lockdown to skirmish with 20,000 security forces enlisted to turn them back. As the demonstrators inched towards the heavily barricaded D-Chowk, the police and security troops employed intense teargas shelling to disperse them.<\/p>\n
Aleema was to be indicted in the November 26 protest case registered at Sadiqabad Police Station during today\u2019s hearing, but she did not appear before the court.<\/p>\n
During the hearing, the prosecutor objected that the person applying on Aleema\u2019s behalf was not her lawyer, and therefore was not authorised to file an application without a power of attorney.<\/p>\n
On this basis, ATC Judge Amjad Ali Shah dismissed Aleema\u2019s application for exemption and issued bailable arrest warrants for her.<\/p>\n
The other 10 accused in the case appeared in court, while further hearing of the case was adjourned until October 11.<\/p>\n
Early in September, the Rawalpindi police booked Aleema, party lawyer Naeem Panjutha and 40 other PTI-linked activists for alleged violence against a journalist outside Adiala Jail.<\/p>\n
In October last year, Aleema, her sister Uzma, and other PTI supporters were arrested from Islamabad\u2019s D-Chowk for clashing with the police and violating Section 144, a legal provision that restricts gatherings of four or more people in an area to prevent public disorder or unrest. A few days later, they were released from the Jhelum District Jail after a judge granted them bail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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