ATC sends 12 PTI workers to jail for identification parade.

LAHORE -- An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Friday sent 12 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers to jail on 7-day judicial remand for the identification parade in a case, registered for damaging state property during a protest after arrest of the party chief.

ATC Judge Ahber Gul Khan conducted the case proceedings, wherein the police produced Farhan Kaleem, Muhammad Mohsin Majeed, Muhammad Aslam, Haider Ali, Farooq Shah, Masood Ahmad, Muhammad Rizwan and others.

The investigation officer requested the court to send the accused to jail on judicial remand for an identification parade. However, the defence counsel opposed the request and pleaded for discharging his clients from the case.

The court ,after hearing the arguments, accepted the investigation officer's request and sent the accused to jail for the identification parade. The court held that if the accused were not identified, they would be discharged from the case.

The Race Course police had registered a case against the PTI workers for violence that took place after Imran Khan's arrest.

Meanwhile, the...

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