Balochistan High Court Dismisses Petition to Quash FIR Against Former Prime Minister Imran Khan

Recently, the Balochistan High Court (BHC) rejected a constitutional petition that aimed to nullify the First Information Report (FIR) lodged against former Prime Minister Imran Khan in connection with the assassination of senior lawyer Abdul Razzaq Shar Advocate.

The petition was filed by Syed Iqbal Shah Advocate and other lawyers, who sought the cancellation of the FIR against the ex-premier regarding the murder of Abdul Razzaq Shar.

The fatal shooting of Abdul Razzaq Shar Advocate occurred on June 6 on Quetta’s Airport Road. Notably, Shar had previously submitted a petition requesting the initiation of a treason case against Imran Khan for dissolving the parliament.

In the wake of the incident, Siraj Ahmed Advocate, the son of Razzaq Shar Advocate, implicated Imran Khan as a suspect in his father’s murder case.

The Balochistan High Court’s (BHC) division bench, consisting of Chief Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Justice Muhammad Amir Rana, dismissed the petition put forth by the lawyers. The lawyers had argued in their plea that Imran Khan had no involvement in the murder of the senior lawyer, as he was present at the Islamabad High Court (IHC) and being interrogated by a joint interrogation team (JIT) at the time of the incident.

The court observed that the FIR against Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi, filed at the Jameel Shaheed Police Station Killi Almas, could not be quashed without a thorough investigation. The bench emphasized that the investigation was still ongoing and could not be obstructed at this stage, either under Article 199 of the Constitution or under Section 561-A of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC).

Consequently, the bench dismissed the petition and directed that the investigation should proceed accordingly.