LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday granted protective bail to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan in two cases, ARY News reported.
A two-member bench of the LHC headed by Justice Shahbaz Rizvi heard the plea of Imran Khan seeking protective bail. Former prime minister Imran Khan appeared before LHC in person amid tight security.
The first information reports (FIRs) registered at the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) and the Golra police stations in the capital accused the PTI chief and party workers of being involved in attacking police and creating unrest outside the Judicial Complex in Islamabad during the hearing of the Toshakhana case on Saturday.
The court while granting protective bail to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief in cases registered against him at CTD until March 27 and Golra police stations returned the pleas related to NAB hearings. The pleas should be filed in the relevant accountability courts, the LHC bench remarked.
On Monday, the LHC asked Imran Khan to appear before the court by 2pm for the hearing.
It may be noted that former prime minister Imran Khan on Friday filed pleas with the Lahore High Court seeking protective bail in nine different cases registered against him.
The pleas were moved by the former prime minister through his lawyer Azhar Siddiq. Khan is facing five cases in Islamabad and four in Punjab’s capital of Lahore.
Read more: Imran Khan seeks protective bail in nine cases
Contempt plea
Imran Khan Khan during the hearing of a contempt petition against the police operation at his Zaman Park residence told the LHC that police smashed the window panes of his house while his wife was alone in there.
Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh heard the case. Khan further informed the court that police raided his house when he was in Islamabad. The footage of police action is also available, he added.
The PTI chief said that he reached the court in a decoy vehicle today which no one knew about. Justice Saleem remarked that those who were mocking the judiciary through the media would face consequences.
The court directed the prosecutor to appear with instructions related to the Zaman Park operation.
