ISLAMABAD: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) maintained the non-bailable arrest warrants of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur and former Punjab Assembly deputy speaker Wasiq Qayyum Abbasi in a terrorism case registered by the Islamabad Police.
ATC Judge Tahir Abbas Sipra heard the case against the accused. The court maintained the non-bailable arrest warrants of the accused over again skipping the appearance before it.
During the hearing, the lawyer presented the request of former provincial minister Rashid Hafeez seeking exemption from attendance, which was approved by the court.
The case was then adjourned till October 21.
It may be mentioned that the court had already initiated procedure to declare former member of the provincial assembly Umar Tanveer Butt an absconder in the case.
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The case has been registered by I-9 Police Station, Islamabad.
Earlier, Anti-Terrorism Court(ATC) has granted interim bail to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur in the May 9 cases.
Chief Minister KP Ali Amin Gandapur appeared in Faisalabad’s Anti-Terrorism Court in connection with the hearing of cases on May 9. Strict security arrangements were made outside the court on this occasion.
The court granted interim bail to Ali Amin Gandapur in all four cases on May 9 and ordered him to appear before the court again on September 12.
