IHC extends Imran’s bail in Al-Qadir Trust case for 3 days
ISLAMABAD -UNS: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday extended PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s bail in the Al-Qadir Trust case for three days and directed him to approach the relevant accountability court within the same time.
The order was issued by a two-judge bench comprising Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb and Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz.
Earlier, a video shared on PTI’s official Twitter account showed Imran entering the IHC as his security personnel held up bulletproof shields.
The Al-Qadir Trust case alleges that the PTI chief and his wife, Bushra Bibi, obtained billions of rupees and land worth hundreds of kanals from a real estate firm for legalising Rs50 billion that was identified and returned to the country by the UK during the previous PTI government.
Imran was whisked away from the IHC premises by paramilitary forces on May 9, leading to violent protests across the country. The PTI chief had immediately approached the IHC for release but it had declared his arrest legal.
Imran had then approached the Supreme Court, which on May 11, termed his arrest “invalid and unlawful” and directed him to appear before the IHC the next day.
Subsequently, the IHC had granted Imran bail in the case for two weeks and stopped authorities from arresting the PTI chief till May 17 in any case registered in Islamabad after May 9.
On May 17, the IHC had extended its order to prevent Imran’s arrest in cases filed against him after May 9 until May 31.
During today’s hearing, Imran’s lawyer Khawaja Harris decried that his client was appearing before multiple courts in Islamabad which was leading to a number of security issues.
“Apparently, millions of rupees are spent in the name of security on the petitioner’s arrival to court,” the lawyer said.
