LHC grants protective bail to Imran Khan in two terror cases
By Muhammad JuniadPublished On 21 Mar 2023
Lahore High Court has granted protective bail to former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan till March 27 in two terrorism cases registered against him in Islamabad.
The PTI chairman filed a petition seeking protective bail in two terrorism cases registered against him at the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) and the Golra police stations in Islamabad following last week’s clashes at the Federal Judicial Complex.
A two-judge bench comprising Justice Shahbaz Rizvi and Justice Farooq Haider heard the petition.
Meanwhile, a five-judge larger SC bench headed by Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan also heard a petition challenging the notice of the Election Commission of Pakistan directing to remove Imran Khan as the PTI head.
The bench adjourned the hearing till indefinite time without holding any proceeding.
Separately, a single bench comprising Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh heard a petition filed by Imran Khan seeking details of cases registered against him at different police stations.
The PTI chief reached the courtroom to attend the hearing.
The court ordered to provide all details of cases against the PTI chief till tomorrow and adjourned the hearing.
Earlier, the police submitted a report to the court giving details of the cases against Imran.
According to the report, six cases were registered against the PTI chief. In one case, he was proved innocent, and one case was quashed.
There were four cases against Imran in Punjab. Three FIRs were registered against him in the Race Course police station while others were filed at Sarwar Road police station, Rawalpindi’s New Airport police station and Faisalabad’s Madina Town police station.
Justice Sheikh instructed the police to submit details of cases against Imran registered by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIR) and National Accountability Bureau (NAB) as well.
The report said that Imran was discharged in the FIRs registered against him at the Rawalpindi New Airport and Madina Town, Faisalabad police stations.
