ISLAMABAD: A district and sessions court in Islamabad has issued non-bailable arrest warrant for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Zartaj Gul after she repeatedly failed to appear before the court despite multiple summons.
The warrant was issued by Civil Judge Mubashir Hassan in a case registered at the Barakahu police station. The court said that Gul had been given several opportunities to present herself but did not comply with the orders.
The case pertains to charges filed against Gul and other PTI leaders in which the party’s founder Imran Khan and senior leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi have already been acquitted in the same case relating to the party’s 2022 long march towards Islamabad.
The former ruling party’s protest back then came after the Khan-led PTI government was ousted via a vote of no confidence prompting the party to take to the streets.
In May 2022, the PTI held the much-touted “Azadi March” in Islamabad during which scuffles broke out in different parts of the country, leading to the arrest of a few PTI leaders.
Police also resorted to tear gas shelling to disperse PTI workers on their way to Islamabad when they broke through the roadblock at Lahore’s Batti Chowk.
Workers, who succeeded in reaching the capital entered the off-limits Red Zone, clashed with law enforcers and injured multiple Rangers, police, and FC personnel, according to the Islamabad Police spokesperson.
