Overview
- The Anti-Terrorism Court delivered its reserved judgment on Saturday, June 20, 2026, acquitting former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and 11 party workers for lack of evidence while delivering convictions in other counts.
- Four senior PTI leaders — Dr Yasmin Rashid, Mian Mehmood ur Rasheed, Ejaz Chaudhry and Omar Sarfraz Cheema — were found guilty over attacks on police vehicles in Lahore’s Mughalpura area and sentenced to 10 years in prison each.
- The case proceeded from a police challan naming 22 accused, the court heard testimony from 37 prosecution witnesses, two suspects had earlier been declared proclaimed offenders, and the verdict was handed down by Judge Manzar Ali Gill in a makeshift courtroom at Kot Lakhpat Jail.
- PTI called the trial a 'fake case', alleged breaches of due process and restricted access for defendants, and said it will appeal the verdict through legal and constitutional channels.
- The ruling adds to a string of prosecutions linked to the May 9, 2023 unrest that followed Imran Khan’s arrest and is likely to shape immediate political negotiations and legal battles involving jailed PTI figures.