Pakistan: Lahore High Court (HLC) of Pakistan former prime minister imran khan Tomorrow will hear his bail plea in the terrorism cases registered against him. His arrest in the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case was followed by large-scale violence by his supporters. Khan was accompanied by his wife Bushra Bibi, who was granted anticipatory bail till May 23 by the High Court in the Al-Qadir Trust case. A court official said that the LHC granted anticipatory bail to Bushra Bibi till May 23 in the Al-Qadir Trust case. The court, however, fixed tomorrow the hearing on the bail plea in the terrorism cases lodged against Khan after the May 9 violence. The LHC Registrar’s Office has objected to the non-enclosure of attested copies of the orders of the Supreme Court and the Islamabad High Court.
Assurance of provision of court orders
Justice Safdar Salim Shahid had fixed the date of May 16 for hearing on Imran Khan’s petition. Earlier, Khan’s lawyer had assured to make provision for the orders of the court. Bushra appeared before the Lahore High Court for the first time for anticipatory bail in the Bibi Al-Qadir Trust case. Khan and Bushra Bibi reached the LHC amid tight security and were not accompanied by party workers. Before boarding the bomb and bulletproof vehicle, it was covered with a white sheet, so that Bushra Bibi could cover herself.
More than 100 cases registered against Imran Khan
While there are more than 100 cases against Imran Khan, Bushra is named in two cases – Toshakhana and Al Qadir Trust case. In a tweet made by Khan, he said that the government and the military establishment had conspired to arrest his wife to humiliate him. He claimed that the government intended to keep him in jail for 10 years in the sedition case. There are reports that Khan may be booked under the Army Act for inciting attacks on military installations.
Demand to hang Pakistan’s former PM Imran Khan openly, preparing to remove the judge who released
Was arrested in Al-Qadir Trust case
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief was granted interim bail in six cases registered for setting fire to the house of a Corps Commander Lahore and other incidents of violence following his arrest last week. Despite being granted bail, Imran Khan returned to his home in Lahore after locking himself inside the Islamabad High Court (IHC) premises for hours fearing re-arrest. The IHC had granted bail to 70-year-old Khan while staying his arrest in all cases registered against him after May 9 and asked him to approach the Lahore High Court on May 15 for further relief. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had arrested the cricketer-turned-politician Khan on May 9 in the Al-Qadir Trust case. The IHC granted him anticipatory bail for two weeks.
Case registered under heinous crimes
The Supreme Court declared Khan’s arrest from the Islamabad High Court premises illegal and referred the case to the IHC. The Punjab Police registered five other FIRs on 10 May for attacking Khan and hundreds of his party workers and setting fire to the Corps Commander’s House in Lahore, besides inciting supporters to attack and damage government buildings and military installations Was Khan and his aide Shah Mahmood Qureshi and others have been booked for murder, terrorism and 20 other heinous crimes for attacking Jinnah House, home of a senior army commander in Lahore Cantonment.
Unrest spread in Pakistan due to arrest
The arrest of Khan by the Pakistan Rangers at the IHC compound sparked unrest in Pakistan, which continued till Friday. During this, many people lost their lives and dozens of military and other government establishments were damaged by the protesters. For the first time in Pakistan’s history, protesters stormed the Army Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi and set fire to the Corps Commander’s house in Lahore.
