LAHORE: Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf leaders (PTI) have been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in the May 9 GOR Gate attack case. While Shah Mehmood Qureshi has been acquitted in the same case.
ATC Judge Manzar Ali Gill announced the decision at Kot Lakhpat Jail.
The court sentenced Dr Yasmin Rashid, Umar Sarfraz Cheema, Ijaz Chaudhry to ten years in prison.
The court handed down a ten-year prison term to Mehmoodur Rasheed as well. However, Shah Mahmood Qureshi was acquitted in the case.
The court ordered the arrest and production of four proclaimed offenders Farooq Anjum, Habib Ahmed, Arsalan, and Akbar Khan.
The judge had reserved the verdict after completing the trial proceedings.
During the trial, the prosecution recorded statements of 56 witnesses.
A total of 25 accused were nominated in the case, including Dr Yasmin Rashid, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Umar Sarfraz Cheema, Ijaz Chaudhry, and Mehmoodur Rasheed.
The challan of all 25 accused was submitted before the court.
Race Course police registered the case over the attack at Club Chowk GOR Gate.
According to the FIR, the accused vandalised security cameras at Club Chowk GOR Gate.
The FIR stated that police wireless sets and glass panels at GOR Gate were also damaged. It added that government property was damaged and police personnel were attacked.
PTI leaders are accused of inciting workers to violence, riots, and rebellion on May 9.
