A district court and sessions in Islamabad once again issued an arrest warrant for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Ali Amin Gandapur, in an illegal case of liquors and spirits after it was not appeared before the court.
The case, which dates back to October 2016, accuses PTI leader of having illegal weapons and liquor after the Islamabad police said they recovered five Rifles of Kalashnikov, a gun, six magazines, a bulletproof vest, alcohol and three tear gas shells of their car outside the Bani gala.
Gandapur has denied the accusations of the police, stating that he was traveling with two kalashnikov rifles licensed and that the vehicle contained a valid weapons license. In addition, he said that the bottle of liquor in question actually contained honey.
According to the court order, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com – Judicial magistrate Movebir Hassan Chishti ordered the CM of KP to be arrested and presented in the Court on September 17.
The judge issued the order after no representative appeared on behalf of the KP main minister.
Later, however, Gandapur’s lawyer, Raja Zahoor-uhassan, appeared before the court and sought the suspension of the arrest warrant.
To this, the judge said: “If you submit the accused, I will withdraw the order” and rejected the request.
The arrest warrant was issued by virtue of sections 143 (punishment for joining the illegal assembly), 144 (join the illegal assembly armed with a mortal weapon), 145 (join or continue in the illegal assembly, knowing that it has been ordered to disperse) and 440 (Mischief Commized after preparation, caused the death or wound) of the Pakistan Criminal Code (Criminal prison, prison sections, prison sections, prison sections, prison sections, prison sections. And 11), 20 (power to confiscate) and section 65 of the Arms Ordinance, 1965.
Sections 4, 5, 8 and 11 of the Ordinance deal with the prohibition of sale and repair without a firearms license, the prohibition of transporting them, the prohibition of being armed without a license and the power to establish rules in terms of licenses.
On July 19, the Court issued an arrest warrant against the KP CM in relation to the same case, after it did not appear in front of the judge. However, on July 29, after the CM of KP made an appearance in court, the arrest warrant was withdrawn.
The court recognized that his official responsibilities as the main minister had hindered assistance.
The same day, outside the courtroom, Gandapur, while talking to the media, dismissed the case as “politically motivated.”
“There is nothing in this case. It was not even present when it appeared, and the vehicle in question was not mine,” he said.
“These are false and manufactured cases destined to press. But we are not afraid and we have always respected the law.”
