Anti-Terrorism Court in Lahore Orders Confiscation of Properties for Convicted PTI Leaders

LAHORE, PAKISTAN – August 13, 2025 – An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore has ordered the confiscation of properties belonging to four senior leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). The order, issued by Judge Manzer Ali Gill, was directed at Dr. Yasmin Rashid, Ejaz Chaudhry, Omar Sarfraz Cheema, and Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed, following their conviction and sentencing in two cases related to the May 9 riots.

The court’s decision comes one day after the four leaders were sentenced to ten years in prison and fined Rs600,000 each for their involvement in the attack on the Shadman police station and the burning of police vehicles near Jinnah House. In a separate ruling, PTI leaders Aliya Hamza and Sanam Javed were sentenced to five years in prison in the Shadman case.

The ATC, however, acquitted former Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in these specific cases. Despite this acquittal, Qureshi will remain in custody as he faces charges in other pending cases related to the May 9 incidents. The court has issued judicial warrants for the convicted leaders and handed them over to the jail superintendent for implementation of their sentences.

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