On 21st of August Rawalpindi court acquitted veteran actress Atiqa Odho in the case of carrying two liquor bottle in her luggage at airport after 9 years.
The court in the final verdict said that there there wasn’t any evidence against Atiqa Odho. The verdict was announced by Rawalpindi’s judicial magistrate Yasir Chaudhry.
In 2011, Odho was detained by the Airport Security Force at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport for allegedly carrying two liquor bottles in her luggage. She was released shortly after the intervention of some ‘influential figures’ in the matter.
Then chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry had taken suo motu notice of her release and ordered authorities to lodge a first information report of the incident.
Now after 9 years when the court has finally acquitted Atiqa Odho she has shared her words with her followers through Instagram. Atiqa shared a snippet from “Aj Shahzaib Khanzada Kay Sath” and wrote: “9 years waited for Justice and finally got it. Never lost hope on our Judicial system and a brave magistrate finally did the honorable thing and accepted my acquittal appeal. It’s been a long and painful journey but if it helps the citizens of Pakistan get quicker justice after this, it’s all worth it. As for the former CJP Iftikhar Chaudry, I feel so sorry for him. He lost a golden opportunity to serve our nation and instead played petty politics and ruined his own name and embarrassed our honorable judiciary. The people have spoken so I don’t need to say more. Pakistan Zindabad !”
