Imran, others acquitted in two cases

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan, Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rasheed, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, and others have been acquitted in cases registered against them at Bhara Kahu police station.

The reserved verdict was announced by Judicial Magistrate Suhaib Bilal here on Wednesday.

According to the verdict, PTI founder Imran Khan, Sheikh Rasheed, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Saifullah Niazi, Aamir Mahmood Kiani, Pervez Khattak, Asad Umar, Ali Nawaz Awan, Raja Khurram Nawaz, Faisal Javed, and Shireen Mazari have been acquitted in the Bhara Kahu police station case.

The judicial magistrate reserved its verdict after the completion of arguments from both sides on Tuesday.

The judicial magistrate issued the release verdict by accepting their acquittal pleas in the case.

The court mentioned that the accused had filed separate acquittal pleas under Section 249A of the Constitution. The accused can’t be indicted in the case, and an additional trial of the case is a waste of time, as the verdict mentioned. Earlier, Islamabad’s District and Sessions Court had acquitted the PTI founder, Asad Umar, Faisal Javed, and others in a protest and vandalism case.

Imran Khan, Asad Umar, Faisal Javed Khan, Raja Khurram Shahzad Nawaz, Abid Hussain, Ali Nawaz Awan, Zaheer Khan, and others were booked at Tarnol police station on February 26, 2022.