Others who were acquitted are Sheikh Rasheed, Asad Qaiser and Shehryar Afridi
Islamabad: A district and sessions court in Islamabad acquitted PTI founder Imran Khan, Shah Mahmood Qureshi and several other leaders in a case registered at the Aapbara Police Station to protest against the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)'s Toshakhana verdict in 2022.
Judicial Magistrate Yasir Mehmood announced the verdict, which was reserved last week on the petitions seeking acquittal, during the hearing today.
PTI leaders Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Sheikh Rasheed, Asad Qaiser, Shehryar Afridi, Faisal Javed, Raja Khurram Nawaz and Ali Nawaz Awan were also acquitted.
PTI lawyers, Advocate Sardar Masroof and Advocate Ansar Kayani, made the arguments in the case on behalf of the former prime minister and others.
After the case, Imran Khan was disqualified from holding office for a limited time.
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