Terror case registered against local PTI leadership for ‘rioting, terror’ in protest at Faizabad

A terror case on Saturday was registered against the local leadership of the PTI for its alleged violent behaviour during the protests against party chief Imran Khan's disqualification.

The case has been registered at the I-9 police station on the federal government's complaint.

According to media reports, PTI leaders Aamer Mehmood Kiani, Wasiq Qayyum Abbasi, Faisal Javed Khan, Raja Rashid Hafeez, Umar Tanveer, Rashid Naseem Abbasi and Raja Majid are named in the case.

According to the first information report (FIR), the PTI workers pelted stones at the police and FC personnel, injuring them.

The FIR said that the demonstrators tried to run over policemen with the intention of murdering them.

It added that the protesters set fire to trees in Faizabad and its nearby areas and tried to damage government property.

A day earlier, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), in a consensus verdict in Toshakana reference, disqualified former prime minister Imran Khan and ruled that the PTI chairman is no more a member of the National Assembly.