LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Friday issued bailable arrest warrants for 14 suspects, who are on bail, for skipping trial proceedings of two cases related to May 9 riots.

Judge Arshad Javed ordered the police to ensure the appearance of nine suspects in the Jinnah House attack case, and five others in Askari Tower case, on May 15.

The judge also ordered the suspects to furnish fresh bail bonds before appearing in the court.

The suspects include Attaur Rehman, Abdul Rehman, Ikramullah, Abdul Hadi, Amanullah, Ali Hassan, Shahbaz Siddique, Rubina Rizwan, Irfan Jamil, Saeed Shah, Mohsin Gull Agha and Muhammad Parvez.

BAIL: An ATC on Friday granted interim pre-arrest bail to the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf former leaders Jamshed Iqbal Cheema and his wife Musarrat Iqbal Cheema in seven more cases pertaining to May 9 riots, and directed them to join the investigation.

Judge Arshad Javed allowed the bail petitions of the couple till May 21, subject to furnishing of surety bonds worth Rs100,000 each.

They had sought bail in the cases of attacks on Askari Tower, Shadman police station, party offices of the PML-N and others.

The couple had surrendered before the court in February as they had been declared proclaimed offenders in several cases of May 9 riots against them.

Published in Dawn, May 4th, 2024