Imran Khan indicted in Army Headquarters attack case

ISLAMABAD: A court in Pakistan on Thursday indicted former prime minister Imran Khan, along with several other leaders and workers of his party, in the General Headquarters (GHQ) attack case.

Khan pleaded not guilty after the charges were read out to him.

The jailed founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party was among the 143 accused named in the case registered at R A Bazar police station in Rawalpindi following the attack at the army's headquarters on May 9, 2023.


After Khan was arrested in an accountability case last year, hundreds and thousands of his followers and party workers vandalised a dozen military installations, including the Jinnah House (Lahore Corps Commander House), Mianwali Airbase and the ISI building in Faisalabad on May 9. The Army headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi was attacked by the mob for the first time.

Thursday's development came during a hearing of the case in the Rawalpindi anti-terrorism court (ATC). Judge Amjad Ali Shah conducted the hearing at Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail, where Khan has been incarcerated since last year.