An anti-terrorism court accepted the plea of the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) and ordered a forensic examination of relevant videos as well as facial recognition of the accused through the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) in the ongoing trial into the ransacking and torching of the Radio Pakistan building in Peshawar in May 2023.
The Radio Pakistan office building was set afire during a protest against former prime minister Imran Khan’s arrest in Peshawar on May 11. The attack destroyed equipment, historical recordings and three vehicles. An employee of the radio was also hospitalised with burns.
Judge Wali Mohammad Khan ordered that the USB containing the video recordings be handed over to the investigation officer, with directions to ascertain its genuineness vis-à-vis the identification of offenders through NADRA records, and to submit a report at
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