400 others also nominated in FIR, police invoke Sections 7 & 21(I) of ATA 1997 along with various PPC sections
Sisters of PTI founder Imran Khan sit outside Adiala Jail after a meeting was denied on Tuesday. Photo: X/PTI
A terrorism case has been registered against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan’s sisters, senior party figures and 400 others for staging sit-in outside Adiala Jail.
The FIR, lodged at Saddar Bairuni police station in Rawalpindi on Wednesday, invokes sections 7 and 21(I) of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) 1997 and the Pakistan Penal Code. Police said the protesters had staged a sit-in on Kacheri Road near the prison despite restrictions on public gatherings imposed under Section 144.
According to the FIR, the case names Imran Khan’s sisters Aleema Khan, Dr Uzma Khan and Noreen Niazi, alongside PTI leaders, Qasim Khan, Salman Akram Raja and Aliya Hamza.
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