GUJRANWALA: Anti-Terrorism Court No 2 Judge Ittefaq Abbasi on Friday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for Pakistan Awami Tehreek chief Dr Tahirul Qadri and 71 activists of his party, and ordered police to produce them in court on Sept 5.

The court also directed police to submit a chargesheet against them by Sept 2.

The court had already issued arrest warrant of the PAT chief on Aug 22 and Aug 29 but police could not arrest him as he was leading a sit-in in Islamabad.

Police said 71 PAT activists were involved in attacking police and injuring more than 76 officials during their march on GT Road Sadhoki on Aug 8. Police had registered a case against them under the terrorism act.

Meanwhile, Anti-Terrorism Court No 1 Judge Imtiaz Ahmad accepted bail applications of 50 activists of PAT and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and ordered their release on submission of surety bonds worth Rs100,000 each.

According to the prosecution, the activists were involved in attacking police and injuring over 71 officials, including DSP Rashid Sundho, and two SHOs during their march on Aug 8 on GT Road Sadhoki.

Police sent them to the central jail after registering a case against them under the terrorism act.

The Anti-Terrorism Court No 2 had already accepted bail application of 64 activists of both parties on Thursday on surety bonds worth Rs100,000 each. The court directed the workers to avoid repeating such activities.

Published in Dawn, August 30th, 2014