An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) proclaimed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur a proclaimed offender on Thursday due to his repeated failures to attend a vandalism case, as reported by ARY News. Gandapur, who faced charges in the case at the Hasan Abdal police station, had disregarded numerous summonses for hearings. The ATC issued a notice designating Gandapur a proclaimed offender and instructed him to appear in court on January 21. The PTI leader is confronting multiple cases, especially following the protest on November 26.
In another event, the Rawalpindi ATC charged former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MNA Bilal Ahmed in the May 9 case on Tuesday. The court sessions have been postponed until January 6. The request by former PTI MPA Latasub Satti to travel for Umrah was denied owing to missing documentation.
On December 20, the ATC rejected the requests from PTI founder Imran Khan and 10 other leaders, including Gandapur, to evade indictment in the May 9 case, asserting that the prosecution’s evidence was adequate to move forward with the trial. The EU raised concerns about the military court’s sentencing of 25 individuals involved in attacks on army installations, indicating it was misaligned with Pakistan’s pledge to fair trials, The Express Tribune reported.
