While announcing its reserved verdict, the court observed that there was no evidence provided to support the allegations against the accused.

According to the police report, the claims of stone-pelting during Maryam Nawaz’s appearance at the NAB office could not be proven. The complainant, Additional Director NAB Chaudhry Asghar, appeared in court and stated that he had no objection to the dismissal report.

During the hearing, SP Moazzam Ali, DSP Zulfiqar Ali Butt, and DSP Muhammad Khan appeared as witnesses and testified that there was no substantial evidence to continue the trial against the accused.

The case, registered in 2020 at Chuhang Police Station on the complaint of NAB Deputy Director Muhammad Asghar, named Maryam Nawaz, Rana Sanaullah, Captain (R) Safdar, Bilal Yasin, and other PML-N leaders.

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The FIR alleged that PML-N workers had pelted stones at police personnel during Maryam Nawaz’s appearance before NAB in the Raiwind land case. After reviewing all evidence, the court accepted the police report and formally closed the case.

The lack of credible proof and the complainant’s own admission of having no objection to the dismissal significantly weakened the prosecution’s stance.