Overview

• An anti-terrorism court in Lahore on Tuesday handed 10-year prison terms to eight senior PTI figures, including Yasmin Rashid, Ejaz Chaudhry, Mehmoodur Rashid and Umar Sarfraz Cheema, for inciting the May 9, 2023 riots.
• A separate bench in Sargodha convicted over three dozen PTI members and supporters, including Punjab assembly opposition leader Malik Ahmad Bhachar, for attacks on government and military buildings.
• Former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and six other defendants were acquitted in the Lahore proceedings.
• PTI has vowed to appeal the verdicts, with party spokesman Sayed Zulfikar Bukhari denouncing the trials as rushed and politically motivated.
• Imran Khan remains incarcerated on separate charges as rights groups question the transparency of his ongoing trials.