Court released Imran Khan, Faisal Javed in long march case

Islamabad: District and Session court Islamabad has released Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) founder Imran Khan, Senator Faisal Javed, Raja Khurram Nawaz, Ali Nawaz Awan and Asad Umar in long march vandalism case.

According to the details, judicial magistrate Shabbir Bhatti has approved the plea of release.

The court stated that according to the lawyers of the applicants Imran Khan and others did not know about the implemented section 144 in that area. Additional district magistrate did not issue the notification of section 144.

The court said that this case which was filed against Imran Khan and others is only for political revenge.

On the other hand, prosecutor said that Imran Khan and others deliberately blocked the GT road to create mess for the citizens.

The court further said that no notification appeared of imposed section 144 by the ruling government at that time. The police officer does not have the right to file the case. 11 witnesses were included in challan and no one came to court to record the statement.