Terrorism case registered against PTI leaders for slapping Khawar Maneka

ISLAMABAD: A terrorism case has been registered against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders and lawyers for slapping Khawar Maneka outside a court in Islamabad.

PTI lawyers assaulted Khawar Maneka on the premises of District and Sessions Court in Islamabad during the hearing of the illegitimate marriage case involving PTI founder Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi, Maneka’s former spouse.

The First Information Report (FIR) has been registered at Ramna Police Station Islamabad and 12 policemen have become witnesses to the slapping incident.

Names of PTI lawyers Naeem Panjotha, Ali Ijaz Butter, Zahid Bashir Dar, Usman Gill, and Ansar Kayani as well as 25 other people are included in the FIR.

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According to the FIR, Advocate Burki was leading the PTI lawyers and activists outside the court. When the hearing ended and Khawar Maneka came out, Advocate Burki shouted that Maneka had testified against their leader Imran Khan so he should not be left alive.

The FIR said Advocate Burki then pushed Khawar Maneka and Naeem Panjotha Advocate assaulted him with punches.

Meanwhile Senator Barrister Ali Zafar maintained that the lawyers who attacked Khawar Maneka on the sessions court premises in Islamabad had no affiliation with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.

The PTI leader, in an interview with a private news channel, said that the licences of those involved in the incident should be revoked, adding that no lawyer had the right to lay hands on anyone.