ATC refuses to transfer 2014 "PTV" attack case against Imran Khan (PTI) Chairman to civil court

Statesman Report ISLAMABAD: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Monday rejected Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan request to transfer the ongoing 2014 Pakistan Television (PTV) attack case to a civil court. The court also extended khan interim bail in case till December 14. In 2014, Khan and Pakistan Awami Tehreek Chairman Tahirul Qadri staged a major rally in Islamabad against alleged rigging in the 2013 election and the Model Town tragedy, which had seen as many as 14 people killed and 100  others unjured when police attacked Qadri residence during an anti encroachment operation. Imran khan had threatened  to shutdown the entire country in wht was perceived as a bid to topple the government. The protest had contained for a record 104 days. On Sept 1, 2014 while the sit in was still ongoing, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Asmatullah Junejo had been beaten up by protesters on Constitution Avenue as they stormed the Pakistan Television (PTV) headquarters and the precincts of the Parliament. A case had been registered again Imran Khan, Qadri and others for torturing SSP Junejo and five other police officers. Arrest warrants had also been issued against a the tow leaders. On December 7, the PTI chief requested that the cases regarding the storming of the PTV officers during the 2014 sit in be transferred from an ATC to a Civil Court since it did not qualify as a terrorism case.