An Islamabad district and sessions court on Tuesday dismissed the bail petitions of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) leaders Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Asad Umar and Asad Qaisern in connection with two separate cases related to May 9 violence, Dawn reported on Tuesday.
Former special assistant to prime minister Tariq Mehmood Al Hasan, former MPA Malik Khurram Ali Khan and former MNA Jamshed Thomas on Sunday condemned the protests on May 9 and announced stepping down from the party positions.
These malpractices and misuse of power and draconian actions will never be fruitful but would prove counterproductive. In his latest statement on the current situation, Hussain said that the military establishment will have serious consequences and democracy will become a nightmare. Pakistan
The orders for the house arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party leaders were issued by the Rawalpindi commissioner. They were put on house arrest under Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) section 3.
The police crackdown on Imran Khan's party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders show no signs of mercy as another female PTI leader Yasmin Rashid was arrested in Lahore on Friday, Geo News reported.
Her arrest comes after a series of arrests of multiple other PTI leaders, including Imran Khan, Asad Umar, Fawad Chaudhry, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Ali Mohammad Khan, and Senator Ejaz Chaudhry.
Khan, while addressing PTI workers and supporters, said that PTI will stage a series of protests after Eid-ul-Fitr. He alleged that the rulers planned to start crackdowns on PTI leaders and workers after April 27.
According to Business Recorder, pronouncing criticism of a government or its subordinate organisations as sedition, the crime of betraying one's state, is inconceivable in any functioning democracy.