Islamabad court extends Imran Khan’s bail in three cases till July 10،
Islamabad -The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday rejected the request made by former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s lawyer for granting to his client interim bail in the case of murder of a senior lawyer in Quetta, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
A two-member bench of the SC, comprising Justice Ijazul Ahsan Malik and Justice Ayesha Malik, heard the former prime minister’s petition against his nomination in the murder case of Abdul Razzaq Shar in Quetta.
The apex court also rejected Latif Khosa’s, Imran’s lawyer, plea to order police not to arrest his client since there were threats to his life.
The court was of the view that it could not give any such order without listening to respondents’ point of view.
Similarly, it also turned down his request for granting stay in the case.
Seeking details of the case from the state counsel, the SC issued notices to the advocate general, prosecutor general Balochistan and other respondents in the case.
During the hearing, PTI chairman’s lawyer said that Shar was murdered on June 6. “And on that very day, special assistant to the prime minister, in his presser that was telecast live on TV channels, accused Imran of masterminding the murder,” he added.
Justice Ayesha remarked, “Leave this aside. Please tell us about contents of the FIR.”
Khosa went on to say that later an FIR was registered on the complaint of deceased’s son in which he had said that PTI chairman was responsible for the murder of his father since the latter had sought action against the former under Article 6 of the constitution.
Justice Ayesha asked Khosa who would determine that irrelevant sections were inserted in the case registered against his client.
Justice Ijaz remarked that the petitioner had every right to approach a relevant forum and inform it that irrelevant sections had been inserted in the case registered against him.
Imran’s lawyer said that non-bailable arrest warrants had been issued for the former prime minister despite the fact that the case challan was still to be submitted
He also expressed surprise that a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) had been constituted in early stages of the case.
Justice Ayesha asked Khosa whether he had challenged the JIT in any court.
Justice Ijaz asked him as to which sections of the Anti-Terrorism Act allowed the anti-terrorism court (ATC) to form a JIT.
He further said that only the SHO had the power to register a case under the terrorism-related sections.
Later, the court adjourned the case hearing for an indefinite time period.
Meanwhile,
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Islamabad Tuesday extended the bail of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan in three cases registered under terrorism provisions till July 10 next,
Of the three cases, two were registered at Khanna police station and one at Bhara Kahu police station.
ATC Judge Abul Hasnat Zulqarnain heard the case.
“In the Wazirabad incident, a fraction of the bullet was left in the foot. The doctors advised not to put weight on the feet for two months,” Barrister Salman Safdar told the court.
“A video is available on how long it took to remove the fraction through surgery. There were two reasons for making the video. One was to dismantle the accusation that the medical report had been forged. The second was to dismiss the accusation that the bullet had not been fired at Imran Khan. In the video, the fraction can be seen being removed,” he added.
Bushra Bibi appears before accountability court
Former first lady Bushra Bibi Tuesday appeared before an accountability court in the £190 million case.
The court allowed the former first lady and wife of the PTI chairman to leave the court after marking her attendance.
Earlier,
NAB prosecutor Sardar Muzaffar Abbasi told the court that four notices had been issued to the former first lady to appear in the court.
“Did she tell any reason for not appearing in the court?” the court asked the prosecutor.
“She said she cannot come without her husband,” the prosecutor told the court.
“We had requested the NAB to summon both Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi together. We have answered every notice,” Imran Khan’s lawyer Khawaja Harris told the court.
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