Good news for PTI - Barrister Ali Zafar's reaction to Bani PTI and Bushra Bibi's acquittal
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00:00In the Nikah case, Bani PTI and Bushra Bibi's appeals have been accepted against the punishments.
00:04What do you have to say about this, sir?
00:08Yes, absolutely. If I use the word Nikah case, it was such a baseless case.
00:15It had the same expectations.
00:17And the judge has fulfilled the demands of justice.
00:21And he has released them.
00:23The first submission was so wrong.
00:27The appeal took so much time.
00:31The prosecution should apologize for that.
00:35And now, God willing, there won't be another case like this.
00:40In which Mr. Imran Khan will be put behind bars.
00:44God willing, he will be released soon.
00:48Mr. Barrister, the court has said that if Bani PTI and Bushra Bibi are not wanted in any other case,
00:54they should be released.
00:56What do you have to say about this?
00:58Are there any other cases left on these two?
01:02As far as I know, there is no case left that has been punished.
01:09Because the Cypher case has been suspended.
01:14The Tusha Khana case has been suspended.
01:18And this was the last case left.
01:21They were punished.
01:23And we were waiting for that to happen.
01:26So, God willing, we have to move the court today to release them immediately.
01:33So, there is no obstacle left in the release of Bani PTI and Bushra Bibi?
01:38Yes.
01:39Mr. Barrister, Mr. Qaisar was talking to us a while ago.
01:43He was saying that the prosecution still has the right to appeal.
01:48Do you think there could be another obstacle like this?
01:53Of course, they have the right to appeal.
01:56But an appeal doesn't mean that you have to argue for an appeal.
02:01And then you have to appeal the judgment.
02:04And it doesn't happen automatically.
02:06If you file an appeal, the punishment comes back.
02:09So, I don't see any room for that.
02:11They can file an appeal.
02:13But neither will the decision come in their favor in the appeal.
02:17Nor will there be an automatic reaction that this judgment will be suspended.
02:25Because when an appeal is filed against acquittal, then the judgment is not suspended.
02:31So, there is no obstacle left now.
02:35Mr. Barrister, as a law expert, what legal lapses did you see in this case?
02:42Look, there was no case.
02:44It was exactly like this that if you punish someone for getting married,
02:49you make it a crime.
02:51So, neither from the Islamic point of view,
02:56nor from the Pakistani criminal court's point of view,
03:00nor in any other world,
03:02could this be punished under any law.
03:06So, this case was made just because the punishment had to be given before the election.
03:12And they thought that maybe Mr. Khan will get nervous.
03:15And he will feel pressure.
03:19And he will make his own deal.
03:21But thank God, that didn't happen.
03:24And it wasn't supposed to happen.
03:26And obviously, this was the end of the case.
03:30This was the outcome.
03:32The prosecution was only based on the foundation.
03:37And they pressured the judge below to get the punishment.
03:41Otherwise, there was nothing legal in it.
03:44There was no debate at all.