Cases registered against Omar Ayub with anti-terror provisions.
ATC Judge Tahir Abbas Sipra hears cases against PTI leader.
Expresses ire over politician’s failure to appear before court.
ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Islamabad declared Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Omar Ayub a “proclaimed offender” and ordered the authorities to block his passport and computerised national identity card (NIC).
The decision was announced by ATC Judge Tahir Abbas Sipra, over the politician’s failure to appear before the court, who also sought details of Ayub’s property.
The development relates to a case registered against the former National Assembly opposition leader in the Noon Police Station under terrorism provisions over his alleged involvement in the October 4, 2024, PTI’s protest in the federal capital.
The former ruling party had marched on to the federal capital as part of a series of protests for the independence of judiciary and the release of its founder Imran Khan, who has been incarcerated at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail for more than a year.
The protest resulted in clashes between protesters and the law enforcement agencies (LEAs) with with both sides claiming that the other had attacked them.
Police fired tear gas at the protesters on Saturday in the capital as well as at the convoys which tried to enter Islamabad, while the workers used slingshots to hit the law enforcers.
More than a hundred people, including Afghan nationals, were arrested by the LEas in the crackdown.