The hearing of PTI Chairman Imran Khan\u2019s bail plea in the Al-Qadir Trust case at the Islamabad High Court (IHC) was paused shortly after it began on account of Friday prayers.<\/p>\n
A division bench comprising Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb and Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz is hearing the case at courtroom No.2, a day after the Supreme Court termed the ex-premier\u2019s arrest from the IHC premises \u201cinvalid and unlawful\u201d.<\/p>\n
DawnNewsTV reported that Imran\u2019s lawyers had filed four additional pleas which urged the IHC to club all the cases against Imran and to direct authorities to provide details of the cases registered against him.<\/p>\n
The hearing began after a nearly two-hour delay with media reporting that officials were conducting a security sweep outside the courtroom. But they were halted shortly after they began at 1pm on account of Friday prayers.<\/p>\n
Talking to the media outside the IHC after the break in proceedings, PTI lawyer Babar Awan claimed that a police team from Lahore had left for Islamabad to arrest Imran in \u201cnew cases\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are two to three people in the incumbent administration who are worried because if Imran Khan is released, their jobs will be in danger,\u201d he alleged, adding that this was why Punjab police had been called to the capital.<\/p>\n
Awan reiterated there were threats to Imran\u2019s life, adding that Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah had also said the same. \u201cWhy are they then so adamant to arrest Imran? Let me tell you, any attempt to arrest Imran again will be unconstitutional.\u201d<\/p>\n
The lawyer also alleged that \u201cspecial people\u201d were hired to \u201chunt\u201d the PTI chief and said that those who sent the ex-prime minister to jail were responsible for the violence in the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore Imran Khan was sent to jail [\u2026] the country\u2019s situation was in front of you. Today, the situation has escalated at the hands of those who were struck out by the Supreme Court [\u2026] and that is NAB,\u201d Awan added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The hearing of PTI Chairman Imran Khan\u2019s bail plea in the Al-Qadir Trust case at the Islamabad High Court (IHC) was paused shortly after it began on account of Friday prayers. A division bench comprising Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb and Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz is hearing the case at courtroom No.2, a day after the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330735,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-330734","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n