An anti-terrorist special court has denied the motion for acquittal of Omar Ayub, who serves as Opposition Leader in the National Assembly in a case related to the attack on the GHQs.
Judgment was pronounced by Judge Amjad Ali Shah after reserving the decision following detailed arguments in the case. Against the acquittal, Special Public Prosecutor Zaheer Shah said, there had been similar pleas by other accused persons who were denied similar relief; those included Sheikh Rasheed, Shireen Mazari, Amjad Niazi, and Omar Tanveer Butt.
He maintained that the basis for incorporating Omar Ayub was the confessional statements of Wasiq Qayyum Abbasi and Omar Tanveer Butt.
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Furthermore, he argued that the acquittal request cannot be approved in the absence of the testimony of the magistrate recording the confessional statements before this court. He also added that earlier acquittal rulings in the relevant cases were challenged in the Anti-Terrorism Court Sargodha.
In judgment, the court emphasized that the case is at an early stage and has serious allegations. The Court observed that these facts can be established only at trial by evidence and an opportunity of hearing.
This was once again after the opponent Omar Ayub’s attorney Babar Awan presented arguments for the acquittal plea; then, this court decided that there was consideration for the matter.