[The News (Pak)] The Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC)-I Rawalpindi judge Malik Muhammad Akram on Thursday acquitted 11 accused allegedly involved in the rocket attack case targeting the Parliament House and the Army House in 2007. Police could not present any solid proof against the accused, due to which the court acquitted them.
The Civil Lines police station had registered a case under sections 3/4 Explosive Act of Pakistan and 7 ATA against 11 alleged accused named Nadeem Yousaf, Khalil Wayeen, Javed Wayeen, Abid Bashir, Sikandar Ali, Asad Khan, Tahir Ali, Khyzar Hayat, Sadaf Sheraz, Ali Ahmed and Munir Ahmed in 2007. The alleged accused had planned to target the Parliament House and the Army House from Ayub National Park.
The Rawalpindi police with the help of the Islamabad police reached the Ayub National Park and arrested the accused and recovered three rocket launchers from their possession. According to police statement, they had four rocket launchers and they fired one rocket at the Parliament House. They wanted to use three others to target the Army House for destroying it but they were arrested, police said. However police could not present any solid proof against the nominated accused due to which the court acquitted them on Thursday.
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