ATC ordered blocking of Aleema Khan’s CNIC, passport, and bank accounts.

ATC – (Special Correspondent / Web Desk) – An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Rawalpindi asked authorities on Friday to block Aleema Khan’s national identity card (CNIC), the sister of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, after she failed to appear in court on multiple occasions in a November 26 protest case.

ATC Judge Amjad Ali Shah issued the directions at the hearing of the Sadiqabad police station case involving the PTI protest, in which Aleema Khan and others were charged with terrorism.

Aleema Khan failed to appear in court despite four non-bailable arrest orders being issued.

The judge directed the Chairman of the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) to block Ms Khan’s CNIC and ordered the Director General of Immigration and Passports to block her passport.

The court also instructed the Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Jameel Ahmed, to immediately freeze all of her bank accounts.

Additionally, the ATC ordered the confiscation of the property of her guarantor for failing to ensure her appearance in court. The hearing was adjourned until October 27.

Earlier, Rawalpindi police on Thursday refrained from arresting Aleema Khan, even though she complied with the arrest warrant issued against her.

She came before the Islamabad High Court (IHC) for a hearing on a plea filed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Chief Minister, Sohail Afridi, seeking a meeting with Imran Khan.

Rawalpindi police also arrived to the IHC to carry out the arrest warrant.  She signed the arrest warrant and submitted to police.  Surprisingly, the cops decided not to arrest her.  One police officer replied, “Come back to court tomorrow.”

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Aleema Khan told the journalists outside the IHC that she was prepared for arrest.

“Someone informed me that my arrest warrant had arrived,” Aleema Khan said. “The police came to arrest me, and I signed the warrant, but they left without taking any further action. We were ready for the arrest, but after getting my signature, they simply walked away.”

In her media interaction, Aleema Khan also expressed concerns about the punishments meted out to PTI’s founder Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi.