ISLAMABAD: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Monday acquitted Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N’s) lawmaker Raja Khurram Nawaz in two cases and discharged him from terrorism charges.
ATC judge Tahir Abbas Sapra heard the cases against Khurram Nawaz pertaining to judicial complex attack and protest at Faizabad following disqualification of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan.
Khurram Nawaz MNA appeared before the court along with his legal team. The court accepted his acquittal plea and discharged him from the case. Later, the same court also discharged the MNA from a case registered by I-9 police station. The court adjourned further hearing of the case until February 27.
It is pertinent to mention here that the aforesaid case was registered in 2022 against the PTI leadership. The leadership of the PTI held a protest demonstration in Faizabad over the disqualification of its founder Imran Khan, following which a case was registered against the PTI leadership at the I-9 police station. Ghulam Sarwar Khan has also been discharged earlier in the case.