PM acquitted in parliament attack case

islamabad — Prime Minister Imran Khan was acquitted by an anti-terrorism court on Thursday in the 2014 parliament attack case but other senior ministers, including Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, were summoned for indictment, according to media reports.

Anti-Terrorism Court Judge Raja Jawad Abbas Hassan, however, halted proceedings against President Arif Alvi due to the presidential immunity granted to him, The Express Tribune reported.

On August 31, 2014, workers of the now ruling Pakistan Tehreek- e

Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehreek

(PAT) marched towards the Parliament

House and Prime Minister’s House and clashed with police, killing three persons and injuring 26 others.

Police had invoked sections of the Anti

Terrorism Act against

Khan and other PTI leaders.

According to a report in Dawn newspaper, Prime Minister Khan’s acquittal comes after he this week urged the court to acquit him as the prosecution was no longer interested in pursuing the case.

The application filed by his lawyer stated that “the prosecution was not interested in prosecuting the applicant (Imran Khan)”.

“The applicant is maliciously implicated and dragged in this false case. Further proceedings shall cause harassment and political victimisation. Particularly, after the prosecution stands in favour of the acquittal of the applicant,” it said. —

The applicant is maliciously implicated and dragged in this false case. Further proceedings shall cause harassment and political victimisation. Govt prosecutor