{"id":4548,"date":"2022-09-08T14:23:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T14:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/former-pakistan-prime-minister-imran-khan-to-be-indicted-on-contempt-charge\/"},"modified":"2022-09-08T14:23:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T14:23:00","slug":"former-pakistan-prime-minister-imran-khan-to-be-indicted-on-contempt-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/former-pakistan-prime-minister-imran-khan-to-be-indicted-on-contempt-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan to be indicted on contempt charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>ISLAMABAD:\u00a0<span>Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan will be formally indicted on a contempt of court charge later this month after judges on Thursday (Sep 8) rejected his explanation and &#8220;regrets&#8221; for comments he made about a magistrate, state media reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The ruling is the latest twist in months of political wrangling that started even before he was ousted in April by a vote of no confidence in the national assembly.<\/p>\n<p>State media reported the Islamabad High Court ruled Khan would be indicted on Sep 22 for criticising the magistrate responsible for keeping a party leader in police custody, after also claiming the official had been tortured.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Imran Khan&#8217;s response was not satisfactory,&#8221; state media quoted the chief justice of the court as saying.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling does not necessarily mean Khan will face trial as his lawyers will likely appeal against the decision &#8211; a frequent occurrence in the Pakistan legal system.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Khan had expressed regret for his comments, but stopped short of a full apology.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The respondent takes this opportunity to express his deep regrets over his unintentional utterances during the course of his speech,&#8221; he said in formal reply to the court &#8211; a copy of which was obtained by AFP.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The respondent beseeches that the said Islamic principles of&#8230; forgiveness would also be followed in this case,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>Khan is also due in the separate Anti-Terrorism Court on Friday when his bail is due to expire in a different case regarding the same comments he made about the judge.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his ousting, Khan retains widespread support, staging mass rallies railing against Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif&#8217;s government and scoring successes in recent provincial assembly by-elections.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan has a history of those in power using the police and courts to stifle political opponents, and Sharif also has several pending cases against him from his time in opposition.<\/p>\n<p>The political turmoil comes as Pakistan deals with devastating floods caused by record monsoon rains that have left a third of the country under water and affected more than 33 million people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] ISLAMABAD:\u00a0Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan will be formally indicted on a contempt of court charge later this month after judges on Thursday (Sep 8) rejected his explanation and &#8220;regrets&#8221; for comments he made about a magistrate, state media reported. 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