An anti-terrorism court in Islamabad on Wednesday reserved the verdict on the PTV attack case as it accepted a plea filed by President Arif Alvi wherein he requested the bench to set aside presidential immunity granted to him by the constitution.
Alvi along with other PTI leaders was nominated in the case under the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 during the government of the Pakistan Muslim League-N for allegedly attacking the buildings of the PTV and parliament.
However, despite the ending of the immunity, President Alvi skipped thehearing. PTI leaders Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Aleem Khan and Jahangir Khan Tarin also skipped the hearing seeking exemption from the judge.
During the hearing, the prosecutor said the case against the PTI leaders was “political” and the prosecution supported the acquittal pleas filed by the politicians. The presiding judge responded that then there was no need to hear arguments in the case.
Subsequently, the court reserved the verdict in the case which will be announced on March 15.
