ATC sentences Omar Ayub, Shibli Faraz, other PTI leaders in Sanaullah house vandalism case

FAISALABAD: Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Faisalabad has sentenced several senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders, including Omar Ayub, in a case related to the vandalism of PML-N leader Rana Sanaullah’s house during the May 9 riots in 2023.

Prominent PTI leaders, including Zartaj Gul, Shibli Faraz, Kanwal Shozab, Mian Rasheed, and 54 others, have been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry and MNA Zain Qureshi are among 34 accused who are acquitted in the same case registered at Samanabad Police Station.

Out of the total 109 accused, the court sentenced 75 people and acquitted 34 others. Out of those sentenced, 59 were given 10-year imprisonment, while others were sent to three years in jail.

Sheikh Rashid Shafiq, Rai Murtaza Iqbal, Farah Afgha, Kanwal Shauzab, Rai Hassan Nawaz, Ahmad Chattha, Ansar Iqbal, Bilal Ijaz, Ashraf Sohna, Mehr Javed, Shakeel Niazi, and others were awarded 10 years of jail.

Meanwhile, Sheikh Rashid Javed and other PTI workers were given a three-year prison sentence.

Earlier this month, an ATC in Lahore sentenced PTI’s Dr Yasmin Rashid, Senator Ejaz Chaudhry, Mian Mehmood ur Rasheed, former Punjab governor Omar Sarfraz Cheema, and several others to 10 years in prison.

Also, the court, in the Jinnah House case, sentenced Rashid, Cheema, Chaudhry, Rasheed, Ayesha Ali Bhutta, Muhammad Fahim, Niaz Ahmed, Ali Hasan, Zain Ali, Asad Ali, Bilal Wajahat, Bilal Bashir, Muhammad Qasim, and Zain ul Hassan to 10 years each in prison.

Last week, PTI founder’s nephews and sons of Aleema Khan, Shershah and Shahrez, were arrested over their alleged involvement in the May 9 riots.