Imran Khan filed the petition through his lawyer Salman Safdar. The State and Interior Ministry Secretary Yousuf Naseem Khokar have been made respondents in the case.
Bushra Bibi along with her lawyers Salman Safdar, Intezar Panjotha, and Naeem Panjotha appeared before Additional Sessions Judge Tahir Abbas Sipra's court.
Advocate Mushtaq Ahmad Mohal filed the petition, representing Bushra Bibi pleading that the agencies including FIA, NAB, police and ACE have been keeping the FIRs secret so the petitioner could not approach the courts for grant of pre-arrest bail.
Earlier, A special court in Islamabad on Tuesday ordered Attock Jail authorities — where the former premier is incarcerated — to keep the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) chairman in judicial lockup in the cipher case.
Quoting the caretaker PM Kakar's statement in an interview, PM Kakar said, “The vandalism and arson on May 9 were witnessed by the whole world and international newspapers reported the tragedy. This kind of manipulation is not acceptable in any form of government.”
A special court on Thursday granted permission to former prime minister Imran Khan — presently held at Attock Jail — to have a telephonic conversation with his sons as provided under the law, Dawn reported on Thursday.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Sindh chapter president Haleem Adil Sheikh was arrested outside the Sindh High Court, over his alleged involvement in May 9 violence, Geo News reported on Wednesday
Pakistan's special court established under the Official Secrets Act extended Khan's judicial remand in the cypher case, a hearing of which was held at the Attock District Jail on Wednesday.
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s bail plea in the Toshakhana case was approved by the accountability court in Islamabad, ARY news reported on Tuesday.
Despite the Islamabad High Court suspending Imran Khan’s sentence in the Toshakhana case, the former Prime Minister will continue to remain in jail, following a special court verdict, ARY News reported on Tuesday.