IHC to hear Govt appeal against acquittal of Imran Khan on Jan 09

• A two-member divisional bench of the IHC will hear the case.
• Federal Govt challenged acquittal through advocate general Islamabad.
• The appeal requests that the decision of the acquittal should be annulled.

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) fixed for hearing an appeal filed by the federal government challenging the acquittal of former prime minister Imran Khan and others in the 2014 Parliament House attack case.

A two-member divisional bench of the IHC, comprising Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani and Justice Sardar Ejaz Ishaq Khan, will hear the appeal on January 9. The federal government has challenged Khan’s acquittal through the advocate general Islamabad.

The appeal requests that the decision of the acquittal of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman and other party leaders in relation to the Parliament House attack be annulled.

The appellant claims that the decision of an anti-terrorism court (ATC) to acquit the former PM is against the law and that the trial court made a hasty decision. It also asserts that there is sufficient documentary evidence and videos linking Khan to the crime on record.

The federal government has maintained that the court acquitted Khan on October 29, 2020, by ignoring statements of eyewitnesses and the public prosecutors and that his acquittal was against the law.

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