ATC orders arrest of KP Information Minister Shaukat Yousafzai

An anti-terrorism court issued on Tuesday non-bailable arrest warrant for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Information Minister Shaukat Yousafzai for his continuous failure to appear in the 2014 Pakistan Television (PTV) and Parliament House attack cases.

During the hearing today, the court approved exemption requests of Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Finance Minister Asad Umar, Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Jehangir Tareef. The court has also issued arrest warrants for 26 PTI workers in the same case.

Issuing non-bailable arrest warrants for the KP minister, the ATC has ordered that Yousafzai be arrested and presented before it, local media reported. Furthermore, the court has also issued arrest warrants for 26 PTI workers.

Meanwhile, the court said that it will hear arguments on President Dr Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Imran Khan’s acquittal pleas in the cases on March 28.