Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), questioned, “Which country in the world files terrorism charges for a rally running an hour late?” and denounced the filing of terrorist charges over a postponed political gathering.

Speaker Ayaz Sadiq was presiding over a contentious National Assembly session when he made these comments amid protests from opposition members.

PTI leaders demanded during the meeting that members who had been detained be released and that production orders be issued for their colleagues who had been taken into custody during a police raid on the parliament grounds.

PTI supporters gathered behind them as they yelled chants advocating for justice. Khursheed Shah, the leader of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), supported the PTI’s right to speak, saying, “Let them speak; they are part of this house.”

In addition, PTI leader Ali Muhammad Khan highlighted the significance of parliamentary sovereignty by expressing worry over the party members’ arrests from parliament by anonymous masked individuals.

He stated that although there had been conversations in the Speaker’s chamber about producing orders for members who were detained, nothing had been done about it.

Attaullah Tarar, the minister of information, responded by recommending that the Speaker’s office security tape be seen in order to shed light on the incident and assured everyone that the truth will come to light.

10 September was referred to by Barrister Gohar Ali Khan as a “black day” for the

He condemned the way the administration handled the crisis, raising concerns about the filing of terrorist charges against party members for postponing a gathering and cautioning against such acts that could be harmful to the state.

He also thanked the police for treating the members who were in custody with dignity, but he maintained that the authorities were ultimately in charge of releasing them.

Several high-ranking members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have been charged with charges relating to terrorism after there have been allegations of violence against police officers during a demonstration in Islamabad.

The Anti-Terrorism Act and the “Peaceful Assembly and Public Order Act 2024” are the legal bases for the complaints, which are being filed at the Sangjani and CTD police stations. The allegations are grave.

PTI leaders, including Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, Shoaib Shaheen, Omar Ayub, Sheikh Waqas Akram, Khalid Khurshid, and other well-known individuals, are among those charged, according to a file obtained by The Express Tribune.

The protest organisers allegedly received numerous notifications that their No Objection Certificate (NOC) had expired and that they needed to evacuate the attendees, according to the lawsuit.

Officials warned repeatedly not to go, but the event went forward with anti-state comments coming from the platform.

The throng persisted after law enforcement asked the event organisers to end it at about 8:30 p.m., according to the FIR. The situation worsened at 9:30 p.m. when Magistrate Asim Ali Zaidi and DSP tried to speak with the organisers behind the stage.

A number of police officers were hurt in Sunday’s altercation with PTI employees, among them Senior Superintendent of Police (Operations) Muhammad Shoaib Khan of Safe City Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) police.

The police official claimed that the PTI demonstrators’ violent disturbances and stone-throwing were the reason these officers were hurt.

For medical attention, the hurt police officers were sent to hospitals.PTI supporters and police clashed at the end of the event as the police attempted to scatter them.

The police were seen using tear gas shells to scatter the throng in footage that has been making the rounds on social media and television.

The local government had set a time limit for the event, but the police claimed that because it went over those hours, they had to try to scatter the attendees, which led to clashes and the ultimate use of tear gas shelling.