An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Tuesday acquitted President Dr Arif Alvi and senior leaders of the ruling PTI, including Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, in the 2014 Parliament House attack case.
Prime Minister Imran Khan had already been acquitted in the case in October 2020. Earlier this month, President Alvi appeared in the court alongside his counsel Babar Awan and submitted two separate applications — one for giving up his constitutional immunity and another seeking his acquittal for want of evidence under Section 265-K of the Criminal Procedure Code.
During a hearing on March 9, the ATC heard arguments of the prosecution that conceded that the FIR registered against the president was politically motivated.
Other PTI leaders who were acquitted on Tuesday include Planning and Development Minister Asad Umar, Defence Minister Pervez Khattak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Labour and Culture Minister Shaukat Ali Yousafzai, Senator Ejaz Ahmed Chaudhry.
