ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Tuesday lodged two more cases against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan and other PTI leaders on charges of violation of section 144 in Islamabad.
According to details, the federal government has lodged a case against PTI Chairman Imran Khan and other PTI leaders including Murad Saeed, Fawad Chaudhry, Faisal Javed, Sheikh Rasheed and Asad Umer.
PTI leaders Shehryar Afridi, Asad Umar, Asad Umar, Faisal Javed, Faisal Wavda, Sheikh Rasheed, Murad Saeed, Fawad Chaudhry, Dr Shehzad Waseem, Zaheer Abbas Khokhar, Raja Khurram Nawaz and Ali Nawaz Awan have also been named in the cases filed in the Aabpara police station.
The cases have been lodged against Imran Khan and other PTI leaders for violating Section 144 by organizing a rally in Islamabad on August 19, 2022.
Earlier in the day, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) issued a show-cause notice to the former prime minister and PTI chairman after taking up contempt of court proceedings against him for allegedly threatening Additional District and Sessions Judge Zeba Chaudhry.
On August 22, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) granted pre-arrest bail to former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman until August 25 in a terrorism case.
Imran Khan, addressing a PTI rally in Islamabad, had said that they would file cases against Inspector General Islamabad Police, Deputy IG Islamabad Police and magistrate Zeba Chaudhry for the torture of PTI leader Shahbaz Gill.