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ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Tuesday granted bail requests for former Prime Minister Imran Khan in multiple cases, hours before the head of the movement was arrested in the Islamabad High Court by the paramilitary group Rangers.
International Trade Court Judge Raja Jawad Abbas has heard the pleas of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman for bail in cases related to the March 18 violence outside the Federal Judicial Complex here and agreed to release Khan on bail against a 50,000 bond PKR in all seven cases, namely the Dawn case. The newspaper reported.
Paramilitary forces arrested the 70-year-old former prime minister on Tuesday while he was in the Islamabad High Court hearing a corruption case, a day after he took over the country’s powerful military for allegedly orchestrating a plot to kill him.
An NAB official confirmed to PTI, “Mr. Khan has been arrested in the case of transferring ownership of land to businessman Malik Riaz and is being handed over to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).”
The report said the cricketer-turned-politician asked IHC on Tuesday to grant him temporary bail in a separate case registered against him for breaching Article 144 by staging a rally in Islamabad without the required permission.
Police have registered a case against the movement’s chief and other party leaders for holding a rally in Islamabad on Saturday without permission.
Khan also complained to the IHC on Tuesday v Islamabad Police For not facilitating his accession to the ongoing investigations against him.
According to a petition filed by his lawyer, Salman Safdar, Khan wrote to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) of Islamabad, Advocate General and Additional Prosecutor General to include him in the investigations, but to no avail, as he had not received any. stated in the report.
More than 120 cases have been registered against Khan since he was voted out of office by a motion of no confidence in April last year. He described all the cases as fraudulent, designed to remove him from the political arena.
The petition stated that the head of PTI wanted to be included in the investigation, but “the security services have become tools of the government,” according to the report.
She added that despite repeated letters, Khan had not been provided with the necessary equipment to join the investigation.
Currently, Khan is facing more than 140 cases related to terrorismAnd Rowingmurder, violence and incitement to violence.
PTI Chairman Khan was ousted from power in April after losing a vote of no confidence in his leadership, which he alleged was part of a US-led plot targeting him for his independent foreign policy decisions on Russia, China and Afghanistan.
Khan, who came to power in 2018, is the only Pakistani prime minister to have been ousted in a vote of no confidence in parliament.
International Trade Court Judge Raja Jawad Abbas has heard the pleas of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman for bail in cases related to the March 18 violence outside the Federal Judicial Complex here and agreed to release Khan on bail against a 50,000 bond PKR in all seven cases, namely the Dawn case. The newspaper reported.
Paramilitary forces arrested the 70-year-old former prime minister on Tuesday while he was in the Islamabad High Court hearing a corruption case, a day after he took over the country’s powerful military for allegedly orchestrating a plot to kill him.
An NAB official confirmed to PTI, “Mr. Khan has been arrested in the case of transferring ownership of land to businessman Malik Riaz and is being handed over to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).”
The report said the cricketer-turned-politician asked IHC on Tuesday to grant him temporary bail in a separate case registered against him for breaching Article 144 by staging a rally in Islamabad without the required permission.
Police have registered a case against the movement’s chief and other party leaders for holding a rally in Islamabad on Saturday without permission.
Khan also complained to the IHC on Tuesday v Islamabad Police For not facilitating his accession to the ongoing investigations against him.
According to a petition filed by his lawyer, Salman Safdar, Khan wrote to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) of Islamabad, Advocate General and Additional Prosecutor General to include him in the investigations, but to no avail, as he had not received any. stated in the report.
More than 120 cases have been registered against Khan since he was voted out of office by a motion of no confidence in April last year. He described all the cases as fraudulent, designed to remove him from the political arena.
The petition stated that the head of PTI wanted to be included in the investigation, but “the security services have become tools of the government,” according to the report.
She added that despite repeated letters, Khan had not been provided with the necessary equipment to join the investigation.
Currently, Khan is facing more than 140 cases related to terrorismAnd Rowingmurder, violence and incitement to violence.
PTI Chairman Khan was ousted from power in April after losing a vote of no confidence in his leadership, which he alleged was part of a US-led plot targeting him for his independent foreign policy decisions on Russia, China and Afghanistan.
Khan, who came to power in 2018, is the only Pakistani prime minister to have been ousted in a vote of no confidence in parliament.
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