ATC dismisses Imran Khan’s plea to halt May 9 GHQ attack case

RAWALPINDI: The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) has dismissed the application filed by PTI founder Imran Khan to stay the trial in the May 9 GHQ attack case.

The Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorism Court heard the application filed by Imran Khan to stay the trial in the May 9 GHQ attack case.

Imran Khan’s legal team had filed an application seeking to stay the trial of the May 9 GHQ attack case.

The application had taken the position that the trial should be stayed until the decision of the Lahore High Court Rawalpindi bench on the video link trial is taken.

During the hearing, the court issued notices to the prosecution on the application to re-summon 8 witnesses.

During the hearing, the court recorded the statements of 3 prosecution witnesses, including DSP Akbar Abbas, Inspector Ismat Kamal, and Inspector Tehzeeb-ul-Hassan.

The Anti-Terrorism Court adjourned the hearing of the case until September 30.

Earlier, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan boycotted the proceedings through video link in the GHQ attack case.

The GHQ attack case was heard in the Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorism Court, in which Imran Khan was present in the court through video link.

Before the hearing, Imran Khan was sent a message 3 times to appear via video link. When contacted for the first time at 10:30 am, the court was told that he would appear via video link at 11 am.

At 11:25 am, he appeared via video link. During the hearing, defense lawyer Faisal Malik requested to speak to Imran Khan alone.

On this occasion, the lawyers told Imran Khan that the video link presentation is being challenged in the High Court.

What are your instructions on this notification, asked his counsel, to which Imran Khan asked the lawyers to boycott the court proceedings.

After Imran Khan’s instructions, the lawyers left the court, but the court continued the hearing and started recording the statements of the witnesses.