Arrest warrants have been issued for 50 senior leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in connection with a terrorism case registered at the Karachi Company Police Station with FIR No. 1193. A court order issued by Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Judge Abul Hasnat Zulqarnain demands the apprehension of 41 PTI figures, adding to existing warrants for nine others.
The list includes prominent party members such as former President Dr. Arif Alvi, former Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Abdul Qayyum Niazi, and senators Shibli Faraz and Faisal Javed. Also named are Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, former National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser, and former federal ministers Hammad Azhar and Atif Khan.
The warrants further encompass legal experts and politicians including Salman Akram Raja, Shoaib Shaheen, Azam Swati, Omar Ayub, and Sahibzada Hamid Raza. Other individuals facing arrest are Raoof Hassan, Murad Saeed, Ahmad Niazi, Aleema Khanum, Sheikh Waqas Akram, Kanwal Shauzab, Shandana Gulzar, and Sher Afzal Marwat. The charges relate to terrorism-related offenses, marking a significant escalation in legal proceedings against the PTI leadership.