Lahore Of Special Anti-Terrorism Court The Supreme Court reserved judgment in the May 9 cases following arguments were completed on Saturday and ordered that the verdict be delivered on July 9.
Special Court Judge Khalid Arshad, founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan The three May 9 cases, including those related to the attacks on Jinnah House, Askari Tower and Shadman police station, heard the interim bail application.
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s lawyer, Barrister Salman Safdar, while public prosecutor Rana Abdul Jabbar and Rana Azhar appeared in these cases.
During the hearing, Imran Khan’s lawyer started the arguments and said that the founder of TI has not been getting justice for a year and the court process to grant his bail is delayed.
He said that despite repeated orders, the administration of Adiala Jail has not ensured Imran Khan’s attendance through video link.
On which the judge remarked, “Leave the delay, many times this year there was a delay because of you, many times other reasons got in the way.” However, founders try to attend from PTI’s video link, if it happens, it is very good. Lahore High Court has also ordered attendance through video link.
In the case, the judge directed the court staff and the public prosecutor to contact the jail authorities to ensure the presence of Imran Khan via video link.
Meanwhile, the hearing was adjourned for half an hour. When the hearing resumed, the court staff said that the jail authorities were not being contacted. On which the judge ordered the public prosecutor to ensure through the jail authorities that the PTI founder is present in the jail.
After some time, the public prosecutor showed the court a message from the jail superintendent on the phone that Imran Khan is in the jail.
On which the court declared that ‘give it a print so that we can make it a part of the record. However, try to somehow show the presence of Imran Khan in the jail through the video of the court.
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Arguments of the parties in the case
Barrister Salman Safdar, the lawyer of founder PTI, said that on May 9, we were present in the High Court in Islamabad for bail in the Al-Qadri Trust case. Imran Khan was wrongly arrested from there and there was a reaction to this illegal move.’
He said that because of Imran Khan’s detention, it came to know following three days that there had been attacks on the institutions of the state. Its founder PTI also expressed regret while condemning it and demanded action once morest those responsible.
The lawyer argued that on May 11, the Supreme Court declared the arrest of founder TI as illegal. The PTI founder expressed ignorance of the May 9 events as he was under arrest at that time.
Salman Safdar raised the question that ‘before May 9, who disturbed law and order and illegally detained Imran Khan. It was said that we will make a sign of lesson, is he not the real responsible for the incident?’
Salman Safdar said that he had no criminal record before the political vendetta started. But within a period of time, PTI founder was accused of thousands of crimes including sexual crimes. If we look at the current record, there is no crime that the founder PTI did not commit.
Salman Safdar said in arguments that ‘my client was saying yesterday that I am going on a hunger strike. They are not going on hunger strike to get me out of jail now, don’t make cases. Rather, they are going on strike so that the courts provide justice and the courts in the country make decisions according to the law.
Public Advocate Rana Azhar opposed the granting of bail to PTI founder and said that according to the Special Branch report, PTI founder gave instructions to attack civil and military installations in case of his arrest. .’
He said that in this regard, a Zoom meeting was held in Zaman Park before May 9, in which the instructions to attack military installations across Pakistan were the result. Evidence and evidence will be reviewed at trial, not at the bail level.’
Five of the co-accused who were present in the meeting with Bani PTI are in our custody. There are statements recorded in our FIRs that what was planned was executed.’
“We have evidence that the planning took place in the Zoom meeting of the founding PTI at Zaman Park before May 9,” the public prosecutor said. Yasmin Rashid’s audio also confirms this.
Special Prosecutor Rana Abdul Jabbar argued that ‘if a mob is involved in a crime, then every member of the mob is an accomplice.
The speeches made by Imran Khan before his arrest are part of the crime because whoever is sitting in Islamabad guiding on the phone is a part of the crime. This is the age of communication with modern devices. People sitting on social media are also responsible for the burning of May 9.
On this, the judge remarked that ‘it is a fact that the supporter is not often present.’
The special prosecutor said that ‘in the United States, those who assisted in the Capitol Hill case were punished. In the Jinnah House case, there is an accessory crime and conspiracy plan like Capitol Hill.’
The judge asked the lawyer of PTI founder whether Donald Trump was punished in the Capitol Hill case.
He replied: ‘Yes, but the police chief was convicted first in this case.’
The court reserved its decision following the hearing was over.
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2024-07-08 00:31:13