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Imran Khan gets bail from ATC, banking court

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Imran Khan appeared before courts today He was summoned by banking court and ATC Imran Khan will also file bail plea in one case ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan got bail from ATC and banking court today after appearing in the courts. As per details, Imran Khan was to … Read more

Imran Khan LHC hearing: IK asked to appear on Monday

Imran Khan

LHC hears the bail plea of Imran Khan in ECP protest case The hearing has been adjourned for a third time Imran Khan likely to appear before court for bail LAHORE: Lahore High Court  has given time to Imran Khan to appear on February 20 at 2 o’clock. LHC Justice Tariq Saleem Shaikh has ordered … Read more

Imran Khan to address nation today at 6 pm

Imran Khan

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan is to address the nation today at 6pm. The development emerged after ATC and a banking court rejected his exemption pleas and summoned the PTI chief separately in the cases. Chairman Imran Khan’s bail plea in protest outside the ECP case has been rejected by an anti-terrorism court … Read more

Naqeebullah murder case: Rao Anwar, others get acquittal from ATC

Naqeebullah Rao Anwar

Rao Anwar gets acquittal in Naqeebullah case Naqeebullah Mehsud killed on January 13 in encounter He was alleged as a TTP member KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court in Karachi acquitted former SSP Rao Anwar from the murder case of Naqeebullah Mehsud along with all other accused. Pertinently, Naqeebullah was gunned down on 13 January 2018 in … Read more

ATC grants Imran Khan bail extension till January 10

Imran Khan bail

Interim bail of Imran Khan extended till January 10 Bail was extended in terrorism case filed after ECP verdict Imran Khan plea for exemption from personal appearance accepted ISLAMABAD: The anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday extended the interim bail of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan. The bail was extended in a terrorism case filed … Read more

Imran Khan to appear in ATC, seeks pre-arrest bail

Imran Khan to appear in ATC

ISLAMABAD: PTI Chairman Imran Khan will appear in an anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Thursday to seek pre-arrest release in a terror charge brought against him for threatening Additional Sessions Judge Zeba Chaudhry during a public rally.

Imran Khan will appear in person before ATC judge Raja Jawwad Abbas, who will hear his plea.

On August 20, the PTI chair held a protest in the federal capital to express sympathy for his chief of staff, Shahbaz Gill, following allegations of torture in detention. He warned the additional sessions judge, Zeba Chaudhry, who placed Gill in physical remand at the request of the police, to brace herself for the repercussions.

According to the details, strict security precautions have been placed surrounding the Federal Judicial Complex, which houses Islamabad’s ATC, for today’s hearing. Security plans include the deployment of 400 more police officers and FC personnel to support the police.

All-access routes to the judicial complex have been barricaded, and no non-essential personnel is permitted to enter the area. Outside the court, there is also an armored vehicle.

Earlier, a meeting of the legal team of PTI was held on Wednesday under the supervision of Chairman PTI Imran Khan at Bani Gala.
Regarding the meeting, Imran Khan’s lawyer Dr Babar Awan has said in a message that it has been decided in the meeting of the legal team that Imran Khan’s bail plea will be filed in the ATC tomorrow.
He said that Chairman PTI Imran Khan will appear himself for all these cases and will take steps against this fake case.

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ATC sends KU blast suspect to jail on judicial remand

KU blast suspect
  • Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) ordered the judicial detention of a suspected facilitator Dad Baksh in the Karachi University (KU) suicide attack
  • Dad Bakhsh, a suspect in the bombing case, was brought before the anti-terrorism court’s administrative judge by police (ATC). According to the police, the investigation into the accused has not yet been concluded
  • According to the report, the accused was put in jail on judicial remand on the order of the court, and the investigating officer was summoned to bring up the matter again at the next hearing

 

KARACHI: Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) ordered the judicial detention of a suspected facilitator Dad Baksh in the Karachi University (KU) suicide attack, BOL News reported on Sunday.

Dad Bakhsh, KU blast suspect in the case, was brought before the anti-terrorism court’s administrative judge by police (ATC). According to the police, the investigation into the accused has not yet been concluded.

As per the details, the suspect was the Karachi commander of the terrorist organizations, the BLA and the BLF, according to police. The Police mentioned, “he is the mastermind of the suicide assault on Chinese instructors at Karachi University.” According to police authorities, “the culprit was also supporting attacks on Chinese nationals in Karachi.”

According to the report, the accused was put in jail on judicial remand on the order of the court, and the investigating officer was summoned to bring up the matter again at the next hearing.

At least four persons were killed in the suicide assault, including three Chinese instructors working for the Confucius Institute at the University of Karachi. A female suicide bomber from a banned terrorist organization carried out the attack.

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PTV attack case: President Arif Alvi appears before ATC

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ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi, on Friday, appeared before the Anti-Terrorism Court Islamabad in a case about a 2014 attack on the parliament house and Pakistan Television. President Alvi drove to the premises of the ATC himself without any security or protocol along with PM’s Adviser on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan. Read more: Arif Alvi emphasises … Read more

Nazim Jokhio murder case: Wife moves SHC, seeks security and speedy trial

Nazim Jokhio's murder case

Shareen Jokhi, widow of Nazim Jokhio who was killed allegedly at the farmhouse of PPP MPA Jam Awais Jokhio, on Tuesday moved the Sindh High Court (SHC) seeking security and expeditious trial of her husband’s murder. Read more: Court seeks final investigation report in Nazim Jokhio murder case Nazim was found murdered on November 3, … Read more

ATC approves three-day physical remand of Mohsin Baig

ISLAMABAD: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) of Islamabad has approved the three-day physical remand of senior journalist Mohsin Baig. The journalist was brought to the ATC from Margalla police station, a few hours after his arrest from his residence where he opened fire at those who were apprehending him. During the hearing, the journalist said the … Read more

ATC asks for original JIT report in teenager’s encounter case

ATC

KARACHI: An Anti-terrorism Court (ATC) has directed Sindh Home Secretary to submit the original investigation report of a joint investigation team constituted to probe the murder of teenager Intizar Ahmed in a planned encounter in the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) in 2018. Nineteen-year-old Intizar, who was then studying in Malaysia, had returned to Pakistan on … Read more

Court to try Atif for murdering Mureed Abbas under Model Court procedures

Arrest warrants issued for Adil Zaman

KARACHI: Putting Bol TV’s anchorperson Mureed Abbas murder case into the category of old cases, district and session judge South on Thursday issued schedule for its expeditious trial under the Standing Operating Procedures (SOPs) of the Model Criminal Trial Court (MCTC). Atif Zaman along with his brother Adil Zaman were charged with murdering Mureed Abbas … Read more

SHC may take notice against acquittal in Baldia factory fire case

Baldia Factory Fire

KARACHI: Sindh High Court made it clear on Monday that it might take notice, if it considers that the appeal against acquittal of the co-accused in the Baldia factory fire case ought to have been filed and “so-called influential accused are being deliberately and intentionally shielded by the state.” The observations came from a two-judge … Read more

Zulfiqar Mirza acquitted in another case

KARACHI: Former Sindh Home Minister and leader of Grand Democratic Alliance Zulfiqar Mirza won acquittal in another case registered against him on charges of attempted murder, rioting, ransacking and causing terror in his home district Badin back in 2015. The Anti-Terrorism Court-I (ATC-I) of Karachi also acquitted 26 comrades of Mirza who were booked for … Read more

Usama Satti Case: ATC extends physical remand of five accused

Usama Satti

Islamabad Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Wednesday extended physical remand of the five arrested policemen in the Usama Satti murder case. According to the details, the five accused were presented before the court as Judge Raja Jawad Abbas resumed the hearing. During the case proceedings, the investigation officer requested the judge to extend the physical remand … Read more

Saad Aziz handed 50 years imprisonment by ATC in murder case

Saad Aziz

An anti-terrorism court in Karachi has awarded Saad Aziz and others 50 years prison for killing a Pakistan Navy officer, and a policeman. According to the details, Saad Aziz, who was sentenced to death by a military court for killing 48 Ismailis in Safoora in March 2015 and murdering human rights activist Sabeen Mahmud, sent … Read more

ATC indicts five in 2018 Chinese Consulate attack case

ATC

Karachi Anti-Terrorism Court ATC Monday indicted five accused of a proscribed outfit in a case related 2018 attack on the Chinese Consulate. According to the details, the ATC  has issued notices to the witnesses and the investigating officer and instructed them to be present at the next hearing. The accused against whom charges were framed … Read more

ATC hands death penalty to Nasir Sultani, 2 others in blasphemy case

ATC

An Anti-Terrorism Court on Friday awarded Abdul Waheed, Rana Noman, and Nasir Sultani the death penalty in a case related to the uploading of sacrilegious material on social media. According to the details, the court sentenced 10 years imprisonment to the other accused Anwaar Ahmed, and awarded a fine of Rs, 100,000. Anti-terrorism court Judge … Read more

Motorway Rape Case: ATC sends Abid Malhi to jail on judicial remand for 14 days

Motorway rape case

The Anti Terrorism Court has sent the main culprit of the Lahore Motorway rape case Abid Malhi to jail on judicial remand for 14 days. According to the details, the court has ordered to produce the culprit on October 28 after the identity parade. On the other hand, the ATC judge also sent Shafqat Ali’s … Read more

Baldia factory fire case verdict delayed until Sep 22

Baldia factory fire

Karachi Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) has delayed its verdict in the high-profile Baldia factory fire case till September 22. The incident that still terrifies hit headlines eight years ago when more than 260 workers were burnt alive when the multi-storey garment factory was set on fire in Baldia Town on September 11, 2012. Ten accused … Read more

ATC expected to announce Baldia Factory verdict tomorrow

ATC to announce Baldia Factory verdict tomorrow

An anti-terrorism court in Karachi is expected to announce its verdict in the high profile Baldia Factory case on Thursday. Over 260 persons were burnt alive when the garment factory was put on fire on September 11, 2012. The ten accused includes then provincial minister for commerce and industries Rauf Siddiqui, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) … Read more

ATC extends interim bail of Captain retired Safdar in NAB attack case

Captain Safdar

Lahore Anti Terrorism Court extended interim bail of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader, Captain retired Safdar Awan till September 16 in a case related to clashes outside National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) office. The plea was taken up by ATC Judge Arshad Hussain Bhutta. After hearing the arguments from both sides, the court extended the interim bail … Read more

Rana Sanaullah gets pre arrest bail in NAB office attack case

Rana Sanaullah

An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Wednesday granted pre-arrest bail to Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz leader Rana Sanaullah in a case of attacking a police team outside the office of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB)  when Maryam Nawaz, the PML-N vice president, came to appear in an inquiry into the land allotment. According to the details, … Read more

Dr Imran Farooq Murder: ATC sentences three accused for life

Dr Imran

An anti-terrorism court in Islamabad has handed life sentences to Mohsin Ali Syed, Moazzam Ali and Khalid Shamim for their involvement in the murder of MQM leader Dr Imran Farooq. While announcing the verdict that was reserved on May 21, the court convicted all three suspects and directed them to pay Rs1 million each as compensation … Read more

ATC to announce reserved verdict in Imran Farooq’s murder case

Dr Imran

An anti-terrorism court ATC in Islamabad will announce its verdict in the case of MQM leader Imran Farooq’s murder. The politician was stabbed to death outside his house in London in 2010. According to the details, the judgment was reserved on May 21 after the completion of the trial. As many as 29 witnesses recorded … Read more

Wagah border blast Case: ATC awards death penalty to 3 accused

wagah

An Anti-terrorism Court (ATC) on Wednesday announced five death penalties each for the three accused over their involvement in Wagah border blast that claimed 60 innocent lives in 2014. The court announced the death penalty saying that the convicts should be hanged five times owing to the severity of their crime. The ATC judge Ejaz … Read more

United States praises conviction of Hafiz Saeed

US

The United States has praised conviction of Hafiz Saeed and called it Pakistan’s step in meeting its international commitments to combat terrorist financing. The top US diplomat for South Asia Alice wells Tweeted  “the conviction “of Hafiz Saeed and his associate is an important step forward — both toward holding LeT accountable for its crimes, … Read more

ATC indicts Hafiz Saeed in illegal funds case

hafiz saeed

Anti-terrorist court has indicted Jamat ut Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed in a second case on charges of financing terrorism, here on Friday. According to the Reuters, Saeed has been indicted in case filed by counter terrorism department Gujranwala – chapter. He was also indicted on similar charges in another case on Dec 11, was presented … Read more