ISLAMABAD: In a significant development that clears Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, four federal ministers and some top security officials of all charges, an additional sessions court on Wednesday dismissed a private criminal complaint filed by PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan over the alleged violent crackdown on the Nov 26, 2024, protest.
Additional Sessions Judge Muhammad Afzal Majoka dismissed the complaint at the outset of the proceedings, ruling that the PTI had failed to provide any tangible evidence, a calendar of witnesses, or medical and forensic reports to support its allegations of mass murder and excessive use of force.
The complaint, filed against Prime Minister Shehbaz, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar, and senior officials, including the Islamabad police chief, alleged a high-level conspiracy to violently suppress the PTI’s “final protest” in the capital. It claimed that law enforcement used lethal force at the behest of the political leadership to clear Blue Area and Jinnah Avenue on Nov 26, 2024
