ISLAMABAD: Former interior minister and Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rasheed Thursday challenged his indictment in the GHQ attack case.
Rasheed filed plea in the Supreme Court through his lawyer Sardar Abdul Razzaq Khan.
In his petition, Sheikh Rasheed argued that there is no solid evidence against him to support the imposition of charges.
He claimed that none of the 95 witnesses in the case had identified him, and he was not named in the FIR. Sheikh Rasheed further asserted that he had no involvement in the GHQ attack case.
The petition also stated that without concrete evidence, no charges should be imposed, and Sheikh Rasheed should have been acquitted under Section 265 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
On December 6, an anti-terrorism court (ATC) indicted ex-prime minister Imran Khan along with over 100 other leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for allegedly inciting their supporters to attack the general headquarters (GHQ) and its installations in May 2023.
The jailed PTI founding party chairman and other leaders of his party pleaded not guilty to the charges as the court also indicted more than 100 others in May 09 mayhem case.
The ATC Judge Amjad Ali Shah conducted a hearing for the GHQ attack case at a makeshift court established inside Rawalpindi’s notorious Adiala Jail. –Agencies
