ATC indicts nine accused including Shireen Mazari, Major (retd) Tahir Sadiq, Raja Rashid Hafeez, & others in GHQ attack case

RAWALPINDI, Dec 16 (SABAH): The Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Monday indicted nine accused including former federal minister for human rights Dr. Shireen M. Mazari, Raja Rashid Hafeez, Khadim Hussain, Zakarullah, Azimullah Khan, Major (retd) Tahir Sadiq, Mehr Mohammad Javed, and Chaudhry Asif in connection with the case related to the May 9 General Headquarters (GHQ) attack.

Senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former foreign minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi was brought from Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore to Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi for the hearing. Nevertheless, the indictment proceedings against the former minister was postponed.

The ATC heard 14 cases related to the May 9 incidents. Judge Amjad Ali Shah of the ATC conducted the proceedings at Adiala Jail.

The court recorded the attendance of the defendants in all cases and subsequently adjourned the hearing of 13 cases related to the May 9 incident until January 6.

Besides, another hearing took place for another case related to the GHQ attack, with former interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad, former human rights minister Shireen Mazari, and former Punjab law minister Raja Basharat, along with other accused, appearing before the court.

PTI founder chairman Imran Khan also appeared before the court. The prosecution filed a petition for the cancellation of bail for 23 accused, including Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, for remaining continuously absent from the hearings. Later, the court issued notices to all the accused in the case while adjourning the hearing till December 19.