Editor
Former Punjab Deputy Speaker Wasiq Qayyum Abbasi and MPA Umar Tanveer Butt have denied turning into witnesses towards former prime minister Imran Khan and his spouse, Bushra Bibi, in circumstances linked to the May 9 unrest.
Appearing earlier than Anti-Terrorism Court Judge Malik Ijaz Asif at present, each leaders refuted the declare that they offered confessional statements beneath Section 164. They insisted they by no means testified towards the PTI founder or his spouse, both verbally or in writing, earlier than any Justice of the Peace.
In court docket, Abbasi and Butt maintained that Imran Khan had constantly advocated peaceable protest and that the intense allegations towards him lacked any basis. Both additionally filed purposes searching for acquittal attributable to inadequate proof, which the court docket has accepted for additional listening to.
Their lawyer, Faisal Malik, submitted the purposes, which have now develop into a part of the court docket document. It was on the idea of those alleged statements that Bushra Bibi was implicated within the May 9 circumstances.
The court docket has issued notices for the listening to of each acquittal requests, signalling potential aid for the accused leaders.
