PTI founder acquitted in another case
ISLAMABAD, (NNI): In yet another relief for the former prime minister and ex-PTI chairman Imran Khan, a court in Islamabad on Tuesday acquitted him, ex-PTI leader Asad Umar and other suspects, including PML-N MNA Raja Khurram Nawaz, in the case of vandalism registered against them at Margalla police station.
The District and Sessions Court Judicial Magistrate Mureed Abbas pronounced the decision.
Police booked PTI founder Imran Khan, Asad Umar and other leaders at Margalla police station on May 6, 2023. The charges included organizing an illegal rally, government interference, and disturbance of peace.
According to the First Information Report (FIR), the PTI rally at Jinnah Avenue Chowk was initiated by PTI founder Imran Khan and promoted on social media, led by Asad Umar, Khurram Nawaz, and Ali Nawaz Awan.
As per details, Judicial Magistrate, Mureed Abbas after arguments from lawyers Sardar Masroof Khan and Amna Ali, the judge acquitted PTI founder, Asad Umar, Ali Nawaz Awan and others in the case. The decision came only a day after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) suspended the sentence awarded by the trial court to Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the Toshakhana case.
IHC's two-member bench, comprising IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Aurangzeb, heard Imran and Bushra's appeals against their conviction and in the reference.
The court gave its ruling after the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) lawyer said the Bureau had no objection to the suspension of sentence.