The case names Dr Arif Alvi, Umar Ayub, K-P CM Ali Amin Gandapur, Aleema Khan, Azam Swati, and others as accused.
News Desk
A case has been registered against Founder PTI Imran Khan, his wife Bushra Bibi, and former President Dr Arif Alvi, along with several senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders, in connection with violent protests held on November 24.
The charges were filed at Taxila Police Station under Pakistan’s anti-terrorism laws,
Prominent PTI members named in the case include opposition leader Umar Ayub, CM Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Ali Amin Gandapur, Imran Khan’s sister Aleema Khan, former minister Azam Swati, Taimur Masood, and Shehryar Riaz. Over 300 local PTI leaders and activists are also implicated.
The case details alleged damage to government vehicles and a motorcycle, with further claims that demonstrators abducted and assaulted a police driver before releasing him. Police stated that Imran Khan orchestrated plans for the protest from Adiala Jail, reportedly directing party leaders to organise a “march on Islamabad.”
The first information report (FIR), numbered 2594, cites multiple charges, including obstructing government operations, violating Section 144, damaging private and public property, and causing road blockades.
In response to Imran Khan’s call for action, PTI rallies led by Chief Minister Gandapur reportedly set off from K-P toward Islamabad on 24 November. As the convoys entered Punjab, confrontations broke out between police and protesters, with PTI workers pelting stones and police responding with tear gas.
Furthermore, PTI embarked on a collision course with the government on Sunday as it finally started marching toward the federal capital after refusing to call off the ‘final’ protest call given by the imprisoned party founder Imran Khan for his release, among other things.
The routes leading to the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi have been closed with containers and heavy contingents of the law-enforcement agencies (LEA) personnel were deployed to meet any eventuality.
The PTI rallies from K-P led by CM Ali Amin Gandapur, as well as from different cities of Punjab, began advancing towards the D-Chowk – located right in front of the Parliament House in the Red Zone of the federal capital.
