Pakistan Imran Khan: Pakistan’s Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Wednesday (June 21) quashed the arrest warrants against former Prime Minister Imran Khan in two cases linked to arson during the May 9 violence. and granted him anticipatory bail till July 7.
Imran Khan granted bail in two cases
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party chief Imran Khan appeared in an anti-terrorism court in Lahore on Tuesday (June 20) amid tight security and challenged the arrest warrant issued against him.
Avoided arrest for next 17 days
After brief arguments by Imran Khan’s counsel, the ATC granted him anticipatory bail till July 7 in both the cases and asked him to deposit a bail amount of PKR 100,000, an anti-terrorism court official told PTI.
PML-N office arson accused
Earlier, an anti-terrorism court in Lahore on Tuesday (June 20) granted non-bailable immunity to Imran Khan, including several other former and current PTI party leaders, in a case of vandalism during the May 9 riots. An arrest warrant was issued. According to the FIR report, the accused were found to be involved in burning containers in Kalma Chowk and setting PML-N office on fire in Model Town during the May 9 riots. In this regard, the investigating officer, Inspector Muhammad Salim, requested the issuance of a non-bailable arrest warrant.
Arrested on May 9
Imran Khan Al Qadir Trust Imran Khan was arrested on May 9 from the Islamabad High Court in a corruption case, after which violence erupted across Pakistan. Around 5000 PTI supporters have been arrested in this violence. Apart from this many leaders were also arrested.
121 cases have been registered against Imran Khan
According to the news published in newspaper Dawn, the team of Deputy Inspector General Lahore Police. leading. According to news reports, a joint team probing the cases registered against Imran Khan has told the Islamabad High Court that it wants to arrest Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Party (PTI) chairman Khan. Khan, who was removed from power in April last year, has 121 cases registered against him, including sedition, blasphemy, inciting violence and terrorism.
