Court acquits Imran, others in ECP protest case – Journal

ISLAMABAD: A local court in Islamabad on Wednesday acquitted former prime minister Imran Khan and several other PTI leaders in a case related to a protest outside the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).

Mr Khan, Asad Umar, Fawad Chaudhry, Sheikh Rashid, Murad Saeed, Faisal Javed, Ali Nawaz Awan, Raja Khurram Nawaz, Faisal Vawda, Shehzad Waseem, Sadaqat Abbasi, Shibli Faraz, Saif Ullah Khan Niazi, Shehryar Afridi, Fayazul Hasan Chohan, Firdous Shamim Naqvi, Asad Qaiser and Zaheer Abbas Khokar were among those named in the FIR registered at Aabpara police station regarding the protest.

The cases were filed after PTI supporters staged protests outside ECP offices across the country following the ECP's decision to disqualify Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case last year.

The FIR was registered under various sections of the Pakistan Penal Code, including Section 109 (incitement), Section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), Section 186 (obstruction of public servant in discharge of public function), Section 341 (wrongful confinement) and Section 506 (criminal intimidation).

UN chief hopes situation of former prime ministers will change in a much more positive way

According to the FIR, the accused leaders and party workers gathered at Zero Point on Mr Khan's instructions, carrying party flags and banners and chanting slogans.

Judicial Magistrate Yasir Mehmood of Aabpara court acquitted the accused, citing the prosecutors' failure to substantiate the charges against them.

UN chief speaks about Imran

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wants to see Imran Khan's current situation evolve in a much more positive way, his spokesperson said, Dawn.com reported.

Mr Khan is currently serving his sentence in the Iddat case at Adiala Jail. His sentences in two Toshakhana cases against him have been suspended while the Islamabad High Court acquitted him in the encryption case.

On Monday, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, which is mandated to investigate cases of deprivation of liberty by governments, said the cases against Mr. Khan were legally baseless and politically motivated to exclude him from the political arena.

The panel said the appropriate solution would be to release and compensate the former prime minister. This is the second international disapproval of the government's action against the PTI and its jailed founder in a week after the adoption last week of a US resolution demanding that Pakistan thoroughly investigate allegations of irregularities in the February 8 elections.

The government and its allies on Tuesday rejected the recommendations of the UN working group regarding Mr Khan's detention and described it as a conspiracy against institutions.

Asked at a news conference a day ago whether the UN chief supported the panel's recommendation to immediately release the PTI founder, his spokesman Stephane Dujarric said: “This is a recommendation of an independent panel.”

We want to see the current political situation, Mr Khan's current situation, evolve in a much more positive way, he said.

Published in Dawn, July 4, 2024

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