Report in Dawn, October 5th, 2023
LAHORE: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Wednesday extended pre-arrest bail of PTI former secretary general Asad Umar, former prime minister Imran Khan’s sisters Uzma Khan and Aleema Khan in multiple cases of May 9 riots as police sought their arrest in the Jinnah House attack case.
Mr Umar and both sisters of the PTI chairman appeared before the court on expiry of their previous bail in four cases, including attacks on Jinnah House, which also serves as the residence of Lahore’s corps commander; Askari Tower in Gulberg; torching of PML-N offices in Model Town; and a container near Kalma Chowk.
The investigating officer (IO) of the corps commander house attack case told the court that he required the custody of all three suspects as they had been found guilty in the preliminary investigation.
He said the presence of Ms Aleema on the occurrence had been established while the role of other suspects had also been proved.
Opposing the arrest, Advocate Burhan Moazam Malik argued on behalf of the suspects that his clients had not been nominated in the FIR.
He asked the court to order the IO to present the statements of the witnesses against the suspects. He accused the police of including a new offence in the FIR every other day.
The counsel said the police should disclose charges against the suspects instead of seeking their arrest.
The IO said he would show the defence counsel statements of prosecution witnesses.
Ms Aleema approached the rostrum and said they wanted justice only.
“If justice is served by sending us to jail, then send us to jail,” she said.
Judge Arshad Javed extended the pre-arrest bail of the three suspects till Oct 16 and sought further arguments on the police request for their arrest……
https://www.dawn.com/news/1779386/police-seek-to-arrest-asad-umar-imrans-sisters-uzma-and-aleema
