ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Interior has approved the issuance of a red warrant against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Zulfi Bukhari.

According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Interior, the ministry approved the issuance of a red warrant against Bukhari in FIR No143 23 dated March 18, 2023, under section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), 427/395/436/148/149 of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) at Golra police station.

It says that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is requested to kindly carry out in-depth scrutiny of the documents case so as to gauge its legal and technical strength, before filing the application for issuance of Red Notice with Interpol Secretariat, Lyon, France. In case, any deficiency is observed therein, the concerned department(s) may be consulted for making up for the same, under intimation to this ministry. The FIA must send complete cases to Interpol, it says.

The notification says that the Secretary General, Interpol Secretariat, Lyon, France may be requested for the issuance of red notices against the accused Syed Zulfi Bukhari to arrest him through Interpol.

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