...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is
Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations....
(PTI) Chairman Imran Khan
...aka The Great Khan, who ain't the brightest knife in the national drawer...
's plea seeking acquittal in a case registered against him for threatening a female judge.
The district and sessions court judge Mureed Abbas, while announcing a reserved verdict on the plea, said: "The PTI chairman does not deserve acquittal" in the case.
The verdict was reserved upon completion of the arguments from all parties in the case.
The court also decided to conduct Khan's trial all over again from the beginning and adjourned the hearing till December 20.
A case had been registered against the deposed prime minister in August 2022 at Margalla cop shoppe under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) for his intimidating remarks targetting an additional sessions judge, Zeba Chaudhry, and senior Islamabad coppers during a public rally last year.
Khan had warned that he would "not spare" Islamabad's inspector-general, deputy inspector general, and the female magistrate, vowing to file cases against them for "torturing" PTI leader Shahbaz Gill — then behind the bars — under custody.