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Pakistan court orders police to drop terror charges against Imran Khan

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan is current on bail granted by the anti-terrorism court in the capital Islamabad.

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Government filed a terrorism case against Imran Khan for 'threatening' judge, police officials.

A Pakistani court has quashed terrorism charges against former prime minister Imran Khan for "threatening" a judge and police officials.

A two-member bench of the Islamabad High Court headed by Chief Justice Athar Minallah ordered on Monday the police to remove the terrorism charges against Khan.

In his speech during a rally on August 20, Khan said he will take legal action against the capital Islamabad’s police chief, and a judicial official who ordered two-day physical remand of his chief of staff Shehbaz Gill.

Gill is facing sedition charges for remarks that allegedly aimed to incite mutiny within Pakistan’s powerful military. However, last week the same court released Gill on bail.

Later the government filed a case against Khan under terrorism law which was challenged by Khan's party in the Islamabad High Court.

Khan is already on bail in the said case from the anti-terrorism court in the capital Islamabad.

Disqualification case against Khan

Meanwhile, in another case, the country's Election Commission has reserved its verdict against Khan's disqualification in the Toshakhana case.

Toshakhana (treasure house) is a government-owned department that keeps gifts received by members of parliament, ministers, foreign secretaries, presidents, and prime ministers.

Last month, National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf sent a reference to the Election Commission, seeking to disqualify Khan for not disclosing details of the gifts he received as premier of Pakistan.

Since his ouster from power in a parliament’s no-confidence vote in April, Khan has staged a series of anti-government rallies and called for early elections, which are otherwise due in late 2023.

SOURCE: AA