Edited By: Shankhyaneel Sarkar
Last Updated: March 18, 2023, 10:16 IST
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, is on his approach to Islamabad to attend a courtroom listening to associated to the Toshakhana Reference case (Image: Reuters)
Ahead of Imran Khan’s arrival, the Islamabad metropolis administration has imposed Section 144 and deployed safety personnel to keep away from any untoward incident
The Islamabad administration made strict safety preparations as Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman (PTI) Imran Khan left for the capital from his Zaman Park residence in Lahore. He is scheduled to seem earlier than a courtroom within the Toshakhana case at the moment.
The administration, with a purpose to keep away from any untoward incident, shifted the listening to of the Toshakhana reference case to the judicial advanced from the Islamabad district and periods courtroom following a notification from the chief commissioner’s workplace to switch the courtroom.
The former prime minister will seem in Court No. 1 of the Judicial Complex in G-11/4 as a substitute of the district and periods courtroom in Sector F-8. The plea to switch the courtroom was cancelled by further periods choose Zafar Iqbal however the chief commissioner used discretionary powers to switch the courtroom.
Section 144 was imposed within the capital and the administration has banned public gatherings.
The Lahore High Court on Friday granted protecting bail to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief in 9 instances. Of these 9 instances, eight had been associated to terrorism prices and one was a civil case.
Five of the 9 instances had been registered in Islamabad and the remainder had been lodged in Lahore.
Imran Khan has been granted bail until March 24 within the instances lodged in Islamabad and he has secured bail till March 27 for the instances lodged in Lahore.
‘Treat Imran’s PTI Like a Terror Group’
Pakistan Muslim League’s Nawaz faction’s (PML(N)) senior vice chairman Maryam Nawaz Sharif stated that the federal government ought to take care of Imran Khan’s PTI in the identical means it treats terrorist teams.
“The way the government, the state deals with a banned organisation, a terrorist organisation, Imran Khan should be dealt with in the same way. Thinking of it (PTI) as a political party and dealing with it as a political party needs to end,” the PML(N) chief organiser stated.
Maryam stated Imran Khan is now amenable to holding discussions with the federal government since all of his “tactics” have failed. She was addressing a press convention in Lahore the place she assailed the previous Pakistan prime minister for “openly revolting against the state”.
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