PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Thursday granted former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan pre-arrest bail till June 25, in 14 cases registered against him following the party’s long march on May 25.
After the march, Imran and other leaders of his party were booked in 14 cases registered at multiple police stations across Islamabad over allegations of arson and vandalism in the capital.
Today, a petition was filed in the court by Imran’s counsel Babar Awan, which was heard by PHC Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan. the former premier attended the hearing in person.
The judge granted the PTI leader bail till June 25 and subsequently forwarded the orders to the additional sessions judge of Islamabad.
the bail was approved against surety bonds worth Rs50,000. Imran was instructed to appear before the Islamabad sessions court before June 25.
Earlier on Thursday Imran Khan had approached Peshawar High Court (PHC), seeking pre-arrest bail in cases registered in connection with May 25 long march.
The former prime minister had filed a plea in PHC through his counsel advocate Babar Awan seeking bail in cases registered against him.
Earlier today, PTI leaders Hammad Azhar and Asad Qaiser were granted security bail in a case registered in Lahore for incidents related to the party’s ‘Azadi March’.
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on set the bail at Rs 5,000 and directed former federal minister Hammad Azhar to appear before the local court within 11 days.
IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah heard the case as Hammad Azhar appeared before the court along with his lawyer. The court restrained the police from arresting the PTI leader as well as former speaker of the National Assembly Asad Qaiser.
The court also issued a notice to the home secretary and others on Asad Qaiser’s request and ordered the secretary and other parties to submit their replies by the next hearing.
The IHC inquired into the number of cases registered against Qaiser in all four provinces and those by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). The hearing has been adjourned for two weeks.
A day earlier, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) granted a 10-day bail to PTI leader Umar Amin Gandapur in a case registered against him in Mianwali for the riots during the party’s ‘Azadi March’.
Gandapur told the court that he was nominated for participating in the long march. The court accepted his protective bail petition against Rs10,000 surety bonds.
Former interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed was also granted bail by a district and sessions judge against Rs10,000 surety bonds till June 13.
PTI Vice-Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureishi applied for bail in six cases registered in connection with the long march. Qureshi sought bail in six cases registered in different police stations.
Islamabad Police registered 16 cases against PTI Chairman Imran Khan and other senior leaders, including Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Asad Umar following the riots in the federal capital during the long march.
