LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on a fresh application of prosecution seeking permission to conduct polygraph (lie detection) and photogrammetric (facial and voice analysis) tests of incarcerated PTI founding chairman Imran Khan in 12 cases of May 9 riots against him. DSP Javed Asif presented a report before the court, saying that the accused (Imran Khan) refused for the third time to undergo the tests. He claimed that these tests were essential to complete the investigation into the May 9 incidents, but the accused was not cooperating with the police. He asked the court to grant another opportunity to conduct these tests.
Opposing the prosecution’s request, PTI’s legal counsel Rana Mudassar Umar contended that the court had already granted 26 days to the police for this purpose. He said further time should not be allowed as the police had failed to act within the earlier time frame. As per prosecution, Imran has refused thrice to undergo tests in 12 May 9 cases ATC-I Judge Manzer Ali Gill observed that if the accused were an ordinary person, the police would have already taken him to the forensic laboratory for the tests.
However, he noted that in the present case, the accused was in jail and the police cannot compel him to undergo the tests.
The judge said the court would examine the matter and announce a decision shortly.
Previously, the judge had twice allowed the police to conduct the tests of Imran Khan..
Source: dawn.com/
Monday, May 4, 2026
