Court rejects police plea seeking time to conduct Imran Khan’s tests 

Pronouncing a reserved verdict, an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Lahore on Wednesday rejected the police’s request, seeking more time to conduct former prime minister and PTI founder Imran Khan’s polygraph and photogrammetric tests, saying that granting more time to the Force after the suspect twice refused to undergo these tests was an exercise in futility, reported 24NewsHD TV channel. 

The court had reserved the verdict after completion of the arguments on Tuesday. 

In its decision, the court pointed out that twice police were given time to conduct these tests, but both times they failed due to the stubbornness on the part of the former prime minister. 

Answering the question of how the investigation in the case would now proceed given the refusal of the suspect, the court said that the investigation officer (IO) must complete the probe by using all means permitted by the law. 

In an interesting observation, the court said that it was a unique case in which the suspect was not willing to prove his innocence.

Reporter: Jamaluddin Jamali