Islamabad. A Pakistan court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking registration of a sedition case against former Prime Minister Imran Khan and various ministers, saying it was not acceptable. . According to the ‘Express Tribune’ newspaper, Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court Athar Minallah also imposed a fine of Rs 1,00,000 on the petitioner Maulvi Iqbal Haider.
The court also rejected the request to put the names of the former prime minister and other former ministers on the ‘no fly list’. The petition for an inquiry into the diplomatic letter was also rejected, alleging ‘foreign conspiracy to overthrow Imran Khan’s government’. The court on Monday dismissed as non-acceptable a plea seeking directions for registration of sedition cases against former prime minister Khan and various ministers.
Earlier, it was reported that despite serious concerns from the Legal Department, former Prime Minister Khan sent a Foreign Office diplomatic letter to Chief Justice of Pakistan Omar Ata Bandiyal, which claimed that a country had sent a diplomatic letter through Pakistan’s envoy. Threatening message sent.
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On Saturday, a petition was filed in the Islamabad High Court seeking speedy hearing, seeking restraining the then Prime Minister Khan from denotifying Army Chief (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa.
On Saturday, Khan became the first prime minister in the country’s history to lose power after losing the confidence of the House. In his address to the nation last week, Khan had spoken about the “threatening letter” and termed it as part of a foreign conspiracy to oust him. He had named America behind his threatening letter against his government. The US had rejected Khan’s allegations. (agency)