Pakistan courts grant bail to ex-PM Imran Khan in cases filed against him

Two courts in Islamabad granted period in-between bail to former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in 3 instances on Tuesday. This got here while a classes courtroom docket issued a non-bailable arrest warrant towards him withinside the Toshakhana case for his repeated failure to seem earlier than the courtroom docket.

Imran Khan turned into required to seem for the listening to withinside the 4 instances and he travelled from Lahore to Islamabad for his first look withinside the federal capital after he turned into shot at a public rally in November closing year. The 3 instances wherein he turned into granted bail encompass a prohibited investment case, a terrorism case and one for tried murder.

Hundreds of his supporters observed Imran Khan on his manner to the courts even as chanting and protecting his vehicle with flower petals. In the fourth case – the Toshakhana case – the previous Pakistan top minister turned into charged with unlawfully promoting presents that he acquired because the optimum from the kingdom depository known as Toshakhana. Imran Khan`s attorneys stated they could flow the courtroom docket to cancel the warrant due to the fact he turned into not on time from acting for the listening to after acting in 3 courts all through the direction of the day. They brought that there the roads withinside the capital town had been full of Imran Khan’s supporters and brought about site visitors jams.

The ousted top minister’s supporters have threatened national protests if he’s arrested. In February, Imran Khan known as on his supporters to provide themselves for arrest in what he known as the `Jail Bharo Tehreek` (fill the jail movement). It got here after sedition instances had been filed towards Tehreek-e-Insaf Senior Vice-President Fawad Chaudhry and previous member of the National Assembly Shandana Gulzar.