Police on Sunday charged a PAT chief Tahir-ul-Qadri with murder after a policeman was killed during clashes with his supporters. The constable was wounded in Lahore on Friday in confrontations with followers of Tahir-ul-Qadri, and died of his injuries late Saturday, police said.
"A case of murder, inciting violence and treason have been registered against Tahir-ul-Qadri and his supporters," senior police official Zulfiqar Hameed told AFP.
Police said the PAT chief, who had previously threatened to march on the Islamabad and overthrow the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, faced many other accusations of attempted murder as well as inciting his followers to attack police and commit terrorist acts.
No major violence was reported on Sunday, but witnesses said thousands of Qadri's supporters were seen gathered inside his party headquarters, with hundreds of police surrounding the site and blocking roads with shipping containers.