- Naveed found guilty of terrorism, killing PTI worker Moazzam during 2022 Wazirabad attack on Imran Khan
- Court acquits two co-accused in the case due to lack of evidence
GUJRANWALA: The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Gujranwala on Saturday sentenced the main accused in the assassination attempt on former Prime Minister and PTI founder Imran Khan to life imprisonment on two counts and fined him Rs500,000.
The court found the suspect, Naveed guilty of terrorism and the murder of PTI worker Moazzam during the attack on Khan in Wazirabad in November 2022.
In addition to the life sentence on two counts, Naveed was also handed prison terms ranging from three to five years for injuring four other individuals during the incident.
However, the court acquitted two co-accused in the case, Tayyab Jahangir Butt and Waqas due to lack of evidence.
Earlier in February 2023, the same ATC court had granted bail to another suspect, Ahsan, brother of a local leader of the PML-N, while rejecting the bail plea of co-accused Waqas. Ahsan was released after submitting surety bonds worth Rs500,000.
The case stems from a gun attack during PTI’s long march in Wazirabad on November 3, 2022. The attack left Imran Khan, Senator Faisal Javed, and several others injured, while one PTI supporter, Moazzam, was killed.
Khan later accused senior government officials, including the federal interior minister, of being involved in the plot. The incident led to a political and legal standoff before police formally registered the case.
A Joint Investigation Team (JIT) was formed on November 3 under the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997, and the First Information Report (FIR) was officially filed on November 7.
