{"id":49503,"date":"2026-04-28T15:04:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T15:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=49503"},"modified":"2026-04-28T15:04:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T15:04:33","slug":"lhc-suspends-pti-leaders-sentence-in-may-9-case-rejects-ejaz-chaudhry-and-mahmoodur-raheeds-pleas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=49503","title":{"rendered":"LHC suspends PTI leader&#8217;s sentence in May 9 case, rejects Ejaz Chaudhry and Mahmoodur Raheed&#8217;s pleas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Lahore High Court delivered a split verdict on appeals seeking suspension of sentences in the May 9 riot cases on Tuesday, suspending the sentence of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Afzal Azeem Pahat while rejecting similar pleas of Ejaz Chaudhry and Mian Mahmoodur Rasheed.<\/p>\n<p>A two-member bench headed by Justice Shahbaz Rizvi heard the appeals against convictions awarded by an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore, which had sentenced the accused to 10 years imprisonment in cases related to the May 9 unrest.<\/p>\n<p>The court suspended Pahat&#8217;s\u00a0sentence\u00a0in a case of rioting and arson at Sherpao Bridge and ordered his release.<\/p>\n<p>The bench dismissed four applications filed by\u00a0Chaudhry and one by Rasheed seeking suspension of their sentences in similar cases.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: PTI, opp bloc agree on joint strategy<\/p>\n<p>During proceedings, defence counsel Barrister Mian Ali Ashfaq argued that the ATC verdicts were contrary to facts and that the convicts had already spent over two and a half years in jail, requesting suspension of sentences until final decisions in the main appeals.<\/p>\n<p>The special prosecutor opposed the pleas, contending that the May 9 incidents were part of a premeditated conspiracy aimed at destabilising the country.<\/p>\n<p>After hearing arguments from both sides, the court reserved its judgment and later announced the verdict.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lahore High Court delivered a split verdict on appeals seeking suspension of sentences in the May 9 riot cases on Tuesday, suspending the sentence of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Afzal Azeem Pahat while rejecting similar pleas of Ejaz Chaudhry and Mian Mahmoodur Rasheed. A two-member bench headed by Justice Shahbaz Rizvi heard the appeals against [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49503\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}