[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text dp_text_size=”size-4″]ISLAMABAD: On Friday, Imran Khan’s legal team sent a letter to the Islamabad police requesting that the terrorism charges against him be dropped from the First Information Report (FIR) that had been filed against him and others in connection with a demonstration held in front of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) after the latter had disqualified him in the Toshakhana case.
The FIR was filed by the Sangjani police. In the letter, it was claimed that neither the applicant nor any of the others were discovered to be members of any organisation that had been prescribed. It stated that Mr. Khan and others did not do any acts that the Anti-Terrorism Act would consider to be terrorist acts (ATA).
The letter claims that Section 7 of the ATA has been applied in this case against the Supreme Court’s established legal precedent. The pre-arrest bail of Mr. Khan in the case was denied by the anti-terrorism court (ATC) on February 15 due to his absence from the hearing.
Being on pre-arrest interim bail required the PTI chairman to personally appear before the court at each session. But, due to the injuries he incurred in the Wazirabad fire incident, his counsel constantly requested exemption from personal appearance. In accordance with the ATC’s order, Mr. Khan submitted an application for pre-arrest bail on October 24 of last year, but he failed to show up for hearings on October 31 and after being hurt on November 1.
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