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Former Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Remanded in Protest Case
PoliticsDawnexpress-tribune9h ago2 sources

Former Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Remanded in Protest Case

Islamabad's Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) has handed former senator Mushtaq Ahmad to police on a three-day physical remand in connection with a protest case. The remand was granted following his involvement in a protest in AJK.

May 9 riots: Rawalpindi ATC sentences 47 PTI leaders, supporters to 10 years in GHQ attack case
PoliticsDawn4mo ago

May 9 riots: Rawalpindi ATC sentences 47 PTI leaders, supporters to 10 years in GHQ attack case

RAWALPINDI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Rawalpindi on Saturday sentenced 47 proclaimed offenders, including prominent PTI leaders Hammad Azhar, Omar Ayub and Zartaj Gul, to 10 years in prison in the May 9 GHQ attack case. District and Sessions Judge Amjad Ali Shah, who presided over ATC No. 1, penned a 16-page detailed judgment, which is available with Dawn. The convicts included Senator Shibli Faraz, Murad Saeed, Shahbaz Gill, Zulfi Bukhari, as well as ex-MNAs Kanwal Shauzab, Rai Hassan...

Court acquits two suspects in APS attack
Politicsexpress-tribune5mo ago

Court acquits two suspects in APS attack

An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) has acquitted two suspects in the Army Public School (APS) attack case, citing the prosecution's failure to present sufficient evidence or witnesses.

Karachi ATC indicts Armaghan, co-accused Sheraz in Mustafa Amir murder case
PoliticsDawn5mo ago

Karachi ATC indicts Armaghan, co-accused Sheraz in Mustafa Amir murder case

KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Thursday framed charges against main suspect Armaghan Qureshi and co-accused Sheraz in the Mustafa Amir murder case. Amir, 23, was allegedly kidnapped and murdered by his friends — Armaghan and Sheraz — in Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority (DHA) on Jan 6, 2025. According to the police, the accused stuffed Amir’s body in the trunk of his car and torched it in the Hub area of Balochistan. Both accused denied the charges before the court, which also su...