Retired general Amjad Shoaib discharged from incitement case.

ISLAMABAD -- A district and sessions court of Islamabad on Thursday discharged Lieutenant General (retd) Amjad Shoaib from the case registered against him for "inciting the public against national institutions".

The orders were issued by Additional District and Sessions Judge Tahir Abbas Sipra when he announced the verdict on the review plea filed by the former three-star general against his physical remand.

The judge had earlier heard the arguments on the plea and reserved his verdict on the petition.

During the hearing, the prosecution had opposed the discharge request made by Shoaib's lawyers.

Speaking after the dismissal of the case, Amjad Shoaib said this was the third fake case filed against him.

'I am here, my life is for Pakistan. I never asked for a position, nor do I have any...