Pakistan Court Drops Sedition Case Against Ex-PM Khan: Lawyer
News - Middle East: A Pakistani court dismissed a sedition case lodged against Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday, according to a court order and his lawyer.
Khan, 70, a former cricket player, was jailed on corruption charges earlier this month.
In March, he was charged with sedition on a complaint that alleged one of his speeches amounted to sedition. The case was registered in the southwestern city of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province.
Following an appeal by the former prime minister, the Balochistan High Court said prosecutors had failed to obtain the required consent from the federal or provincial government to lodge the charges of sedition.
Hence the court ruled that the charges are “without lawful authority and are of no legal effect,” meaning that the authorities should quash the case.
Khan’s lawyer Naeem Panjutha also made this announcement in a post on the X platform, formerly known as Twitter.
“God be praised,” she wrote on X celebrating the dismissal of the case.
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