LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) senior members who took out ralliesto welcome Nawaz Sharif, have been charged on account of disturbing theorder under the Anti-terrorism Act (ATA).

At Lahori Gate police station cases have been registered against ShahbazSharif, Hamza Shahbaz, Javed Hashmi, Uzma Bukhari, Saira Afzal Tarar,Maryam Aurangzeb, Kamran Michel, Colonel(R) Mubashir, Raja Zafar-ul-Haq,Mushahid Hussain Syed and dozens of others. They were charged under ATA-7,attempt to kill, and other clauses involving extreme crimes.

At Nawab Town police station, Saiful Maluk Khokhar, Malik Shafi Khokhar,Malik Afzal Khokhar, Malik Irfan Khokhar and Shehbaz Dogar, along with 500hundred others were charged with ATA and other felonies. Cases wereregistered against former premier Shahid Khaqan, Talha Barki and formerfood minister Khawaja Salman Rafique were registered in Northern Canttpolice station.

In Gujrat, cases have been registered in four different police stations,among those only 94 are known while almost 600 are unknown. The cases alsoincluded the charges of violating Act-144, in addition to ATA charges.

PML-N members including Nawabzada Tahir, Abid Raza, Mubahsar Husain, HaiderMehdi, Shabir Kotla and Moeen Nawaz have been under arrest.