GUJRANWALA: The Anti-Terrorism Court Gujranwala on Friday issued arrest warrants for Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah in a case of hurling life-threats at the Punjab chief secretary and his family members last year.
The Gujranwala Industrial Area Police had registered the case against Rana Sanaullah on the complaint of PML-Q leader Shahkaz Aslam on August 5, 2022, on charges of issuing threats to the then-Punjab chief secretary and his family members.
In his complaint, the PNL-Q leader submitted to the police that he had watched Rana Sanaullah on television hurling threats at the Punjab CS and his family.
During hearing on Friday, the ATC judge dismissed the police report and directed it to present Sanaullah on March 7.
The court also issued a show-cause notice to the officer concerned, DSP, and SP investigation and summoned them.
The FIR
The case, filed during the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government, has been registered under Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (punishment for acts of terrorism), and sections 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions), 189 (threat of injury to public servant) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the Pakistan Penal Code.
It stated that the interior minister made these remarks on a TV show.
“The purpose of Sanaullah’s statements was to terrorise the judiciary, chief secretary, commissioner and people of the country,” the FIR added. “His aim was to stop the officials from working and prevent them from fulfilling their lawful responsibilities.”
The complainant alleged that the minister’s speeches had created fear in the judiciary, bureaucracy, police, administration and the nation. He demanded an investigation against the PML-N leader.
