ISLAMABAD – An anti-terrorism court withdrew the non-bailable warrants issued against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Shaukat Yousafzai after he appeared before the court on Wednesday.
ATC Judge Syed Kausar Abbas Zaidi had issued non-bailable warrants for arrest of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader in a case related to attacks on the Parliament House and Pakistan Television building during the 2014 sit-in.
Mr Yousafzai had failed to appear before the court despite repeated summons, prompting the court to issue warrants against him.
While issuing the warrants, the judge had directed police to arrest Mr Yousafzai and produce him before the court on the next date of hearing scheduled for March 28.
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However, on Wednesday, the KP minister appeared before the ATC with assurance that he would appear on each and every date of hearing.
Yousafzai pleaded before the court to revoke the non-bailable arrest warrants following which the court withdrew the warrants directing him to join the trial proceedings on March 28.
In August 2014, Imran Khan and Pakistan Awami Tehreek Chairman Tahirul Qadri staged a protest in Islamabad against alleged rigging in 2013 General Elections and Model Town incident.
The protest had continued for 126 days and during the course of protests, the demonstrators beat up SSP Asmatullah Junejo on Constitution Avenue when they tried to storm the Pakistan Television (PTV) headquarters and parts of the Parliament.
A case had been filed against Khan, Qadri and others for torturing SSP Junejo and five other police officers.
