ATC hands over Dr. Yasmin Rashid to police on two-day physical remand

Lahore:  An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Saturday granted a two-day physical remand of Dr. Yasmin Rashid, a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former Punjab Health Minister, in a case pertaining to vandalism and an attack on a tower.

The court accepted the request of the police to further investigate the matter and directed them to present Dr. Yasmin Rashid before the court on June 12.

Earlier, the Punjab Interim government had contested the acquittal of Yasmin Rashid in the Jinnah House case. The Punjab police asserted that all individuals involved in the incident on May 9, including Dr. Yasmin Rashid, would be held accountable.

It is important to note that Dr. Yasmin Rashid, serving as the PTI's Central Punjab President, was apprehended under section three of the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO). The incident under scrutiny revolves around the act of vandalism at Corps Commander House, also known as Jinnah House, located in Lahore.

The arrests of various PTI leaders, such as Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Asad Umar, Fawad Chaudhry, Jamsheed Iqbal Cheema, Musarrat Cheema, Falak Naz Chitrali, Malika Bukhari, Shireen Mazari, Qasim Suri, Ali Muhammad Khan, and others, were made due to their alleged involvement in inciting violent protests subsequent to the detention of PTI chairman Imran Khan.