Court defers indictment of former Pak PM Imran Khan after he says he is able to apologise to feminine decide

The Islamabad High Court was anticipated to formally indict former Pakistan PM Imran Khan, in contempt proceedings for passing controversial remarks in opposition to a feminine decide throughout a rally on August 20.

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was ousted from energy in April after shedding a no-confidence movement. (File picture)

HIGHLIGHTSKhan expressed his willingness to apologise to further district and periods decide Zeba Chaudhry.Khan had handed controversial remarks in opposition to the decide throughout a rally on August 20 this yr.He was booked underneath the Anti-Terrorism Act for threatening state establishments at his rally. 

A high Pakistani court docket on Thursday deferred contempt proceedings in opposition to former Prime Minister Imran Khan after he appeared earlier than the court docket and expressed his readiness to apologise for his controversial remarks in opposition to a feminine decide.

After Khan expressed his willingness to apologise to further district and periods decide Zeba Chaudhry for his controversial remarks, the Islamabad High Court deferred contempt proceedings in opposition to him.

The court docket was anticipated to formally indict Khan, 69, in contempt proceedings in opposition to him for passing controversial remarks in opposition to the feminine decide. During a rally right here on August 20, Khan had threatened to file instances in opposition to high police officers, election fee and political opponents over the therapy meted out to his aide Shahbaz Gill, who was arrested on fees of sedition.

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He had additionally taken exception to Judge Zeba Chaudhry, who had permitted Gill’s two-day bodily remand on the request of the police, and stated she ought to “prepare herself as action would be taken against her.” Hours after the speech, Khan was booked underneath the Anti-Terrorism Act for threatening police, judiciary and different state establishments at his rally.

Justice Aamer Farooq determined to provoke contempt proceedings in opposition to Khan whereas listening to a petition difficult Gill’s police remand. The court docket had given Khan the chance to provide a written response twice however he didn’t fulfill the court docket, which introduced to indict him.

Khan was ousted from energy in April after shedding a no-confidence movement, which he alleged was a part of a US-led conspiracy concentrating on him due to his unbiased international coverage selections on Russia, China and Afghanistan. The cricketer-turned-politician, who got here to energy in 2018, is the one Pakistani Prime Minister to be ousted in a no-confidence vote in Parliament.

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