sedition, terror case
\n PESHAWAR
\nAn anti-terror court in Peshawar has acquitted the parents of Gulalai Ismail, Professor M Ismail and his spouse, in a case of sedition, conspiracy against the state, terrorism and terror funding. Ismail announced the court\u2019s decision through his Twitter handle. \u201cPeshawar anti-terrorism court acquitted my parents in the fake and malafide case of sedition, terrorism and conspiracy against the state after more than three years of harassment and innumerable court appearances,\u201d pro-Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) activist Gulalai Ismail stated.<\/p>\n
The TLTP learnt that the Counter-Terrorism Department charged Gulalai and her family in a first information report (FIR) registered in July 2019. In 2021, the ATC refused to indict Gulalai and her parents due to the lack of evidence in the case. It maintained that because no evidence was provided by the prosecution, the charge couldn\u2019t be framed against the accused, and they were discharged.<\/p>\n
The CTD later submitted the complete sheet and produced more documents, claiming that the Ismails had aided the terrorists that attacked the All Saints Church in Peshawar in 2013 and Imamia Masjid in Hayatabad in 2015.<\/p>\n
The TLTP also learnt that subsequently, in 2020 the court indicted Gulalai\u2019s parents on sedition, inciting war against the state, and facilitation of terror attacks. They had pleaded not guilty and later faced trial.<\/p>\n
In October 2019, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) said it had arrested the father of a political activist for spreading hate of the state on social media. Professor Muhammad Ismail was detained after leaving a court in Peshawar.<\/p>\n
Gulalai, a vocal critic of the government, went into hiding in 2019 when a case was registered against her for allegedly defaming state institutions and instigating violence through a speech at a demonstration against the killing and abuse of a minor girl. She emerged in the United States in September. TLTP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
sedition, terror case PESHAWAR An anti-terror court in Peshawar has acquitted the parents of Gulalai Ismail, Professor M Ismail and his spouse, in a case of sedition, conspiracy against the state, terrorism and terror funding. Ismail announced the court\u2019s decision through his Twitter handle. \u201cPeshawar anti-terrorism court acquitted my parents in the fake and malafide […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-313969","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n