JK News Today
Islamabad: A Pakistan sessions court in Islamabad on Tuesday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan in connection with the Toshakhana case. After hearing the matter, additional sessions judge Zafar Iqbal announced the decision.
Earlier in the day, an anti-terrorism court (ATC) and a banking court granted interim bail to the Imran Khan after he appeared before them at the judicial complex. Khan secured bail in the prohibited funding and terrorism cases filed against him.
After the news of the issuance of the arrest warrant, the cricketer-turned-politician’s vehicle reached the gates of the Islamabad High Court.
In the meantime, the Islamabad Police said they detected a suspicious person near the former Prime Minister’s car and urged the people outside the court to not create a ruckus.
The local police also warned that they will use tear gas if the situation goes out of control as the DIG operations has also reached the spot to take control of the situation.
Imran Khan was scheduled to appear before three courts on Tuesday to attend the hearings on multiple cases. These included a prohibited funding case in a banking court, an anti-terrorism case, and the Toshakhana and an attempt to murder cases in the same court.
The Islamabad police had registered terror cases against PTI leaders, including Khan, after the party workers took to the streets and vandalised state property following Khan’s disqualification in the Toshakhana reference.
The cases were filed at different police stations in Islamabad in which hundreds of PTI workers and leaders were named for blocking roads and attacking police personnel at the behest of Khan, Asad Umar, Ali Nawaz Awan and others.
On October 2022, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had booked the PTI chief for allegedly receiving prohibited funding.
