Convicted already serving two life terms for attempted assassination of former prime minister in 2022
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan. Photo: File
WAZIRABAD:
A Wazirabad court has awarded an additional four-year jail term to Muhammad Naveed, who is already serving two life sentences for the attack on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and former prime minister Imran Khan, in an illegal arms possession case.
Judicial Magistrate Fazl Elahi pronounced the convict guilty under the Punjab Arms (Amended) Ordinance 2015. After going through the evidence in Case/FIR No. 742/2022, the judge sentenced Naveed to four years simple imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 40,000.
The court has ordered that the sentence must be served concurrently with the other sentences the convicted person is serving.
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According to an order issued by the court on February 2, the Superintendent of Central Jail Gujranwala has been authorized to take Naveed into custody to complete the four-year sentence.
The verdict relates to an incident on November 3, 2022, where Naveed tried to assassinate Imran during PTI’s long march in Wazirabad by opening fire on the rally. The former prime minister was shot in the shin and was injured. Senator Faisal Javed and several others were also injured while a party worker was killed.
After the attack, Imran accused the then Pakistan Democratic Movement government and certain officials of involvement in the incident.
Police arrested Naveed on the spot. The FIR was formally registered at the City Police Station on November 7 and a joint investigation team was formed under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 1997.
In April 2025, Anti-Terrorism Court Judge Muhammad Naeem Saleem sentenced Naveed to two life terms under Section 302(b) of the Pakistan Penal Code, which deals with premeditated murder, and ATA Section 7(a), which deals with acts of terrorism.
Two co-accused, Tayyab Jahangir Butt and Waqas, were acquitted after being given reasonable doubt.
