ATC directs six PTI leaders to appear before JIT
Last updated on: 07 April,2023 03:05 pm
The ATC issued directive as it heard a plea of PTI leaders for extension in their interim bail.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Friday directed six PTI leaders, including Secretary General Asad Umar, to appear before a joint investigation team (JIT) formed to probe the March 18 Zaman Park clashes.
On March 29, the ATC had cancelled pre-arrest bail of Umar and Farrukh Habib in another case of attacking police outside Zaman Park as they failed to turn up.
The ATC issued directive as it heard a plea of PTI leaders Umar, Yasmin Rashid, Zubair Niazi, Hassaan Niazi, Musarrat Cheema, Mian Javed and Aslam Iqbal seeking an extension in their interim bail.
ATC Judge Abher Gul presided over the hearing while Barrister Salman Safdar appeared as the counsel for PTI leaders.
Earlier today, the court directed them to record their statements in the JIT and had adjourned the hearing till 10am. Later, the court directed them to appear in the JIT at 2:30pm today (Friday), and extended their interim bail till April 27.
At the outset of the hearing, JIT chief SSP Imran Kishwar informed the court that only Umar had joined the investigation process.
Barrister Safdar submitted that his clients could join the investigation in the court as well. The court directed the SSP to record their statements and adjourned the hearing till 10am.
When the hearing resumed, the SSP informed the court that all suspects had recorded their statements and that they needed to be questioned in the presence of witnesses.
The court directed them to appear in the JIT at 2:30 pm and extended their interim bail till April 27.