ATC adjourns hearing in PTV, Parliament attack case till February 13.

ISLAMABAD -- An Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) in Islamabad on Thursday ordered the prosecution for producing all the record of the nominated accused in the Parliament, PTV attack case till February 13.

ATC Judge Raja Jawad Abbas Hassan resumed the hearing of a case pertaining to attack on Pakistan Television and the Parliament House during 2014 sit-in of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and Pakistan Awami Tehreek against the alleged rigging in election.

The defense counsel furnished arguments over the acquittal pleas of PAT workers.

He said that FIRs were registered under terrorism clauses against the un-armed common people as non of them were armed or having any weapon.

He pleaded that peaceful demonstrators were even unaware of the PTV building and allegations of stopping broadcasting were baseless, adding that protesters did not came there for attack.

The counsel clarified that...

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