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Court upholds arrest warrant against Gandapur in liquor case
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- Web Desk
- Jan 21, 2025

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Session Court on Tuesday upheld the non-bailable arrest warrants against Kyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur in the liquor and weapons recovery case.
Senior Civil Judge Mubashir Hassan Chishti presided over the hearing and expressed his displeasure over the failure to execute the arrest warrants and sought an explanation from DIG Operations for non-compliance of court orders.
The court rejected the exemption plea filed by Advocate Raja Zahoor-ul-Hassan, counsel for Ali Amin Gandapur.
The judge criticised the repeated exemption requests, stating, “You submit exemption requests on every date and fail to produce the accused.”
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The counsel for Ali Amin Gandapur argued that the court should first decide on the acquittal request, citing an existing judicial order in this regard. However, the judge remarked, “These exemption requests only waste the court’s valuable time.”
The judge noted that despite multiple warrants being issued against Gandapur in the liquor case, compliance reports were not submitted.
The court adjourned the hearing until January 29.
On October 31, 2016, Gandapur was booked by Islamabad Police after the authorities allegedly found illegal firearms and alcohol in his vehicle, parked outside the residence of then-PTI Chairman Imran Khan, shortly after his arrival.
However, Gandapur insists that the weapons found in his vehicle were licensed and belonged to his security detail. He further claimed that the whisky bottle actually contained honey.
