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- Bushra Bibi acquitted in 12 circumstances by ATC: lawyer.
- Says govt reserved proper to problem ATC verdict.
- Rawalpindi police sought ex-first girl’s bodily remand.
RAWALPINDI: An anti-terrorism courtroom (ATC) in Rawalpindi on Tuesday discharged former prime minister Imran Khan’s spouse Bushra Bibi in 12 circumstances associated to May 9, 2023, riots.
The listening to was carried out by ATC Judge Malik Ejaz Asif at a makeshift courtroom in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail. The listening to was additionally attended by investigation officers of the May 9 circumstances.
At the outset of the listening to, defence counsels gave arguments concerning Bushra’s bodily remand, whereas, the spouse of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder was represented by her counsel Salman Safdar and Advocate Malik Faisal.
However, the ATC choose rejected the Rawalpindi Police’s plea in search of phycial remand of the previous first girl within the May 9 circumstances.
After listening to arguments from each side, the courtroom determined to discharge Bushra within the circumstances.
Speaking to media outdoors the Central Jail Rawalpindi, Bushra’s lawyer Safdar claimed that the courtroom acquitted her in all circumstances by which she was nominated in mild of various statements.
He added that the courtroom additionally rejected the prosecution’s proof throughout at this time’s listening to and rejected the credibility of any assertion from a co-accused.
The lawyer mentioned that the PTI founder was given a clear chit within the cipher case, nevertheless, an in depth verdict has not been issued but.
Commenting on the ATC’s verdict, he mentioned that 4 prosecutors from the state appeared in at this time’s listening to. Safdar mentioned that the federal government reserved proper to problem the ATC verdict in any courtroom.
Bushra has been behind bars for months in several circumstances since her arrest within the iddat case — also called the un-Islamic nikah case — in February 2024, nevertheless, she and her husband had been acquitted within the mentioned case by a neighborhood courtroom which overturned their sentences final month.
Despite getting bail and acquitted in a number of circumstances, her authorized woes refused to die down as Bushra was additionally nominated in lots of different circumstances, together with May 9, 2023, violence circumstances.
The May 9 riots had been triggered by the PTI founder’s arrest final yr throughout which alleged supporters of his occasion broken and attacked state properties together with army installations.
During the protests, the miscreants focused the civil and army installations together with — Jinnah House and the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi. The army termed the May 9 violent protests as “Black Day” and determined to attempt the protesters beneath the Army Act.
