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A Pakistani anti-terrorism tribunal (ATC) connected Tuesday issued non-bailable apprehension warrants against Aleema Khan, sister of jailed erstwhile premier curate Imran Khan successful transportation with a protestation held successful Islamabad successful November 2024.According to quality bureau PTI citing a media report, the warrants were issued by the ATC successful Rawalpindi aft Aleema Khan failed to look earlier the tribunal contempt earlier directions. The tribunal besides issued non-bailable apprehension warrants against her 2 guarantors and ordered that each 3 beryllium arrested and produced earlier it connected Wednesday, without fail. Aleema’s exertion seeking exemption from idiosyncratic quality was rejected.The case, registered astatine Sadiqabad Police Station, relates to a protestation astatine D-Chowk successful Islamabad connected November 24, 2024 and includes charges of protesting against the government, chanting anti-government slogans, vandalism and stone-pelting. ATC Judge Amjad Ali Shah conducted the hearing.The tribunal besides issued a show-cause announcement to the Superintendent of Police (SP), Rawal, for failing to execute the apprehension warrants.
The SP has been directed to look earlier the tribunal connected Wednesday and explicate wherefore Aleema Khan was not arrested and presented contempt wide orders, according to Pakistani quality website Express Tribune. During Monday’s hearing, Aleema Khan’s defence counsel sought a one-day exemption, citing difficulties successful question and regular affairs aft her slope accounts, Computerised National Identity Card and passport were reportedly blocked.
The court, however, did not judge the plea.The proceedings person drawn attraction arsenic Aleema Khan had earlier skipped aggregate hearings successful the lawsuit and appeared lone aft the tribunal issued spot seizure orders and respective apprehension warrants. She is among those nominated arsenic accused successful protest-related cases filed pursuing the November demonstrations.The protestation followed Imran Khan’s “final call” for nationwide demonstrations demanding the restoration of the enactment Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) electoral mandate, the merchandise of enactment leaders and the reversal of law changes. The D-Chowk protestation ended connected November 26 aft a information operation, with respective cases registered crossed Rawalpindi district. In total, 29 cases linked to the protestation person been filed successful the district, with Imran Khan named successful respective and his wife, Bushra Bibi, charged successful each 29 cases.
