Islamabad court grants bail to Imran Khan in five cases

ISLAMABAD: The district and session court in Islamabad on Monday granted bail to the former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan in five cases against him, ARY NEWS reported.

During the hearing, additional session judge East Abdul Ghafoor Kakar approved the bail pleas of the former prime minister in five cases against an Rs5,000 surety bond in each case.

Imran Khan also filed a plea to exempt him from proceedings in the cases filed against at four police stations in Islamabad.

Previously, former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan obtained interim bail in 10 cases filed by the incumbent government against him, hours after journalist Imran Riaz Khan and Opposition Leader in Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh were arrested.

According to details, PTI leader Babar Awan appeared before the court on behalf of Imran Khan in the district court and pleaded that the PTI chairman could not appear before the court owing to a threat to his life.

The court also extended the bail pleas of Shah Farman and Shahram Tarakai.

Previously, a district and sessions court in Islamabad granted Friday pre-arrest bail to former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan in different cases pertaining to vandalism during the party’s May 25 long march toward Islamabad.

PTI Chairman appeared before the district and sessions court of judge Kamran Basharat Mufi.

Subsequently, the Islamabad court granted pre-arrest to former prime minister in 10 FIRs till July 6 and directed police to submit a record of cases in next hearing.

The further hearing of the case was adjourned until July 6.