An anti-terrorism court (ATC) has sentenced former Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Chief Minister, and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader, Khalid Khurshid to 34 years in prison for threatening security agencies.
The court also fined him Rs 600,000 and ordered that he be arrested and sent to jail. Additionally, the court instructed the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) to block his Computerized National Identity Card (CNIC).
Khurshid was charged with threatening GB's chief secretary, the chief election commissioner, and security agencies during a PTI rally on May 26, 2024. A First Information Report (FIR) was filed against him under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), but he had been absconding and did not appear in court.
In 2020, Khurshid was elected as GB’s chief minister but was disqualified by GB's Chief Court in July 2023 for holding a fake degree. He had submitted a fake degree from the University of London with his nomination papers. The Higher Education Commission (HEC) confirmed that the degree was forged.
Khurshid, who joined PTI in 2018, had been a prominent leader in Diamer-Astore and served as the divisional president. Recently, he was also involved in several cases related to PTI's protest at Islamabad's D-Chowk in October 2024.