Court rejects Imran Khan's plea to remove terrorism charges

ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court hearing cases against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan rejected his plea to remove terror related charges from the charge sheet.

Judge Shah Rukh Arjmand of ATC on Monday took up four cases including attack on PTV and parliament, violence against SSP Asmatullah Junejo and freeing workers from police station forcibly.

PTI chairman had filed the petition against inclusion of terror related clauses in cases against him. Terrorism related clauses be scrapped and case be sent to sessions judge as protesting for the sake of one's rights is not terrorism, he prayed.

Khan's counsel Babar Awan argued that as per the police report workers of PTI and PAT, armed with batons, attacked the PTV and Parliament. Is attacking with batons terrorism, he asked.

To this police prosecutor replied that the 2014 sit-in was an attempt to dislodge an elected government. Imran Khan incited his party workers to kill police officers and attack parliament, he said adding that solid evidence is available in this regard.

Later, the court extended Imran Khan's bail till December 19 and directed him to appear before the court on next hearing.