An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday extended interim bail of the former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan in three cases.
Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman expressed his displeasure over recent meetings held in Dubai between the top leadership of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People's Party (PPP).
The reserved verdict was announced by Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADSJ), Islamabad, Humayun Dilawar with the hearing set to take place on July 12. The witnesses have also been summoned on the same day.
A senior leader of the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) filed a constitutional petition at the Supreme Court on Thursday urging it to dissolve the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), according to The Express Tribune.
The cases are connected to the attacks on Jinnah House, Askari Tower, the Shadman Town police station, vandalism at the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) office in Model Town and the setting ablaze of a container when protests broke out in the country after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI
Advocate Gohar Ali Khan appeared before the court on behalf of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan. Meanwhile, Amjad Parvez represented the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
The investigating officer requested the court to give more time to present investigation report (challan) against the suspects. Judge Abher Gul Khan agreed to the request and sent the suspects back to judicial lockup until July 20.
Pakistan's former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan approached the Supreme Court to challenge the Islamabad High Court's July 4 remand to a trial court for the re-examination of the maintainability of the Toshakhana case within a week.
The case was heard by a five-member commission presided over by the Chief Election Commissioner and the action was prompted by Fawad's absence from the hearing related to the ECP contempt case.
The regional police officers in Pakistan's Punjab province have been instructed to nominate former Prime Minister Imran Khan in all the cases lodged across the province in connection with the May 9 violence
A sessions court in Pakistan on Thursday accepted former Prime Minister Imran Khan's plea for personal exemption from the Toshakhana case hearing, reported Dawn.
Accusing his 'political opponents' of being "out to kill him", Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said that he would stay in Pakistan and contest all court cases despite his well-wishers abroad urging him to leave the country, Dawn reported.