PESHAWAR:

The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Advocate General’s Office has rejected a prosecution appeal challenging the acquittal of several Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf workers in the Peshawar Central Jail attack case, declaring it 'unfit for submission'.

The had prepared the appeal against September 9 verdict by an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) that cleared six PTI members of charges related to an alleged assault on the prison.

Those acquitted persons included Irfan Saleem, Ismatullah, Muhammad Jalal, Sajjad Bangash, Sadiq Khan and Allama Iqbal. These men were accused of being involved in February 24 attack in the jurisdiction of Peshawar’s Eastern Police Station.

The trial court, however, acquitted them due to “lack of concrete evidence,” ruling that CCTV footage and other material did not substantia

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