Islamabad:

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan breathed a sigh of relief after being acquitted by a judicial judge in Islamabad on Tuesday in two vandalism cases in Islamabad, The Express Tribune reported.

On May 27, 2022, Islamabad police filed separate cases against 150 people, including the then Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan and Asad Umar. Leaders of other parties, including Asad Qaiser, accused them of arson and vandalism in mosques. federal capital a day ago.

Judicial Magistrate Shaista Kundi delivered the reserved judgment earlier in the day. However, the court rejected the request to bring the PTI founder before the court.

Pakistan News Daily reported that during the hearing, Imran Khan’s lawyer Naeem Panjota said that all cases against the former prime minister were limited to the level of innuendo. Within a day, he was booked into several similar cases. The complainant in this case is a SHO and has no right to initiate proceedings. The case also did not include witness testimony, he added.

The judge asked Imran Kahn if he had been acquitted in a previous case, and the lawyer responded in the affirmative.

Complaints have been registered against the former prime minister at Sahara and Lohibair police stations.

Footage from Safe City cameras, as well as footage from private TV news channels, have been included as evidence in the case filed against the PTI founder and others. At least 39 people were detained after being identified based on video.

Kohsar Police Station on a complaint filed by Sub-Inspector Asif Raza and Sub-Inspector Ghulam Sarwar under Sections 109 (abetment), 148 (rioting with deadly weapon), 149 (unlawful assembly) and 186 (obstruction of public service). Register at Kohsar Police Station. ), Sections 188 (disobedience), 353 (assault on public servant), 427 (causing damage) and 435 (mischief by fire or explosive with intent to cause damage) of the Pakistan Penal Code.

Sub-inspector Raza said in his flight report that he was patrolling near China Chowk on Jinnah Avenue along with other policemen when around 100 to 150 people holding PTI flags suddenly walked towards Express Chowk at 11 pm. He added that the police tried to stop the PTI supporters due to the imposition of Section 144 in Islamabad, but they did not listen and instead hurled stones at the police and set trees on fire, The Express Tribune reported.

The SI said 36 individuals “acted at the behest of Imran and other PTI leadership” and had been “under control”.

In May 2022, Imran Khan launched a march to Islamabad to overthrow the coalition government that was ousted from the prime ministership in a vote of no confidence.

The rally was part of the PTI’s struggle to achieve “real freedom” and free the country from the “slavery” of the “US-backed” coalition government, The Express Tribune reported.

Imran Khan accused the coalition government of being an “imported government that came to power through a US-backed conspiracy”.

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