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  • Pakistani court acquits Imran Khan in 2022 protest vandalism cases |

    Islamabad: A Pakistani court on Monday acquitted jailed former prime minister Imran Khan and other top leaders of his party in two cases related to vandalism during an anti-government protest march in 2022.

    The 71-year-old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party founder has been in jail since August last year after being convicted in some of the nearly 200 cases slapped on him since his ouster in April 2022.

    The district and sessions court of Islamabad acquitted Khan, former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, ex-communication minister Murad Saeed, and other PTI leaders in two cases of vandalism during the ‘Haqeeqi Azaadi’ march, the Express Tribune newspaper reported.

    In May 2022, the former cricketer-turned-politician launched a march toward Islamabad from Lahore to topple the coalition government of Shehbaz Sharif that assumed power after he was ousted as the premier following a vote of no confidence.

    The rally was part of the PTI’s struggle to achieve “real freedom” and deliver the nation from the “slavery” of the “US-backed” coalition government. Khan had accused the coalition government of coming to power through a “US-backed conspiracy”.

    The Islamabad police at that time filed separate cases against 150 people, including Khan, Qureshi and other party leaders, over allegations of arson and vandalism in the federal capital.

    Earlier this month, a judicial magistrate of Islamabad also acquitted Khan in two cases of vandalism during his party’s two long marches in 2022.

    Judicial magistrate Shaista Kundi heard the pleas filed by the former prime minister for his acquittal in the cases registered at Islamabad’s Lohi Bhair and Sahala police stations and one related to his production in the court.

  • Pak court docket extends anticipatory bail to PM Shehbaz’s son in cash laundering case

    A Pakistani court docket granted an extension of anticipatory bail to Suleman Shehbaz, the more youthful son of High Minister Shehbaz Sharif in cash laundering and collecting resources instances on Friday.

    Islamabad,UPDATED: Dec 23, 2022 23:42 IST

    High Minister Shehbaz and his elder son Hamza have been acquitted within the cash laundering case.

    By means of Press Accept as true with of India: A Pakistani court docket right here on Friday granted an extension of anticipatory bail until January 7 to Suleman Shehbaz, the more youthful son of High Minister Shehbaz Sharif, in two separate instances of cash laundering and collecting resources past identified resources of source of revenue, media experiences mentioned.

    The extension granted by way of the Islamabad Top Court docket (IHC) comes days after Suleman, 40, used to be given pre-arrest bail on December 13 after he returned to Pakistan previous this month after final in self-exile in London for 4 years, the Crack of dawn newspaper reported “Suleman had filed a petition within the IHC thru his suggest for 2 weeks’ protecting bail in a cash laundering case registered in opposition to him.

    It’s been granted until January 7,” the record mentioned. Suleman is an accused in a cash laundering case registered with the Federal Investigation Company (FIA) whilst the Nationwide Duty Bureau (NAB) has named him in an assets-beyond-means case.

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    On Friday, Suleman implored the court docket that he and his circle of relatives were subjected to political victimisation by way of implicating them in cast instances, The Categorical Tribune newspaper reported. On December 13 too, the court docket, after listening to the plea by way of his attorney, granted 14-day protecting bail to him, fighting Suleman’s arrest by way of the FIA.

    Previous, the IHC had barred FIA from arresting Suleman upon his arrival in Pakistan and ordered him to give up ahead of the government by way of December 13. Suleman had long past in a foreign country in October 2018, and then a case of cash laundering used to be filed in opposition to him by way of the FIA. He then endured to reside in the United Kingdom in self-imposed exile. The protecting bail granted by way of the IHC would save him from arrest within the cash laundering case.

    He used to be accused of absenteeism within the case. In his newest petition, Suleman mentioned that the prosecution controlled to obtain more than a few orders, together with an order mentioning him a proclaimed culprit “thru misrepresentation and concealment of subject matter info. Within the petition, he said that he used to be made a sufferer of false instances by way of government beneath the regime of ousted high minister Imran Khan.

    Pleading for his innocence, Suleman advised the court docket that he had returned to Pakistan to give up to the method of legislation, the record mentioned. With the exception of Suleman, High Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his elder son Hamza Sharif have been additionally booked by way of the FIA for the case of cash laundering value over Rs 16 billion. Alternatively, in October, High Minister Shehbaz and his elder son Hamza have been acquitted within the cash laundering case.

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    Dec 23, 2022