The federal government appealed Imran Khan, the chairman of the PTI, and other party officials’ exoneration in the Parliament attack case on Thursday.
Along with Imran Khan, the government contested Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pervaiz Khattak, and Asad Umar’s exoneration in the same case.
The government argued that the Anti-Terrorism Court’s ruling was illegal and asked the court to declare the PTI chairman’s acquittal decision null and void. It claimed that the trial court made its decision in a hurry.
The petition claimed that there was sufficient written and visual documentation to demonstrate that PTI Chief Imran Khan had broken the law by attacking the Parliament.
Additionally, it stated that the trial court had upheld the eyewitness testimony in this case and exonerated Imran. It claimed that the public prosecutors had worked toward Imran’s legal exoneration.
The petition also stated that the trial court had ruled in Imran Khan’s favor despite not having heard from the case’s affected parties.
Imran Khan, a former prime minister, and others were cleared in the Parliament attack case by an anti-terrorism court on October 29, 2020.
