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| November 9, 2005 | Wednesday | Shawwal 6, 1426 |
Hearing in parliament attack case tomorrow
ISLAMABAD, Nov 8: The case against PPP activists accused of attacking the Parliament House in April 1998 will be heard in the court of senior civil judge Islamabad on Thursday.
The case was adjourned till Tuesday (November 8) at the time of last hearing on September 27.
About 50 activists of the party including Naheed Khan, Nayyer Bokhari, Shahzadi Kausar Gillani, Farhatullah Babar, Qazi Sultan Mahmood, Syed Ibrar Rizvi, Babar Minhas, Syed Ibne Rizvi, Shahnawaz, Shabbir Babar, Jehangir Akhtar, Majeed Niazi and Sohail Rumi besides others have been charged with storming the parliament building in 1998 and threatening the National Assembly speaker.
The case was registered on April 22, 1998, when PPP activists staged a protest rally outside the Parliament House against the anti-terrorism legislation which gave sweeping powers to the executive.
The demonstrators were forcibly dispersed when the police resorted to baton charge resulting in injuries to many party workers and activists.
A large number of protesters were arrested on the spot and sent to jail. All were initially booked under the anti-terror law against which they were protesting.
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