AGL 40.00 Decreased By ▼ -0.16 (-0.4%)
AIRLINK 129.53 Decreased By ▼ -2.20 (-1.67%)
BOP 6.68 Decreased By ▼ -0.01 (-0.15%)
CNERGY 4.63 Increased By ▲ 0.16 (3.58%)
DCL 8.94 Increased By ▲ 0.12 (1.36%)
DFML 41.69 Increased By ▲ 1.08 (2.66%)
DGKC 83.77 Decreased By ▼ -0.31 (-0.37%)
FCCL 32.77 Increased By ▲ 0.43 (1.33%)
FFBL 75.47 Increased By ▲ 6.86 (10%)
FFL 11.47 Increased By ▲ 0.12 (1.06%)
HUBC 110.55 Decreased By ▼ -1.21 (-1.08%)
HUMNL 14.56 Increased By ▲ 0.25 (1.75%)
KEL 5.39 Increased By ▲ 0.17 (3.26%)
KOSM 8.40 Decreased By ▼ -0.58 (-6.46%)
MLCF 39.79 Increased By ▲ 0.36 (0.91%)
NBP 60.29 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
OGDC 199.66 Increased By ▲ 4.72 (2.42%)
PAEL 26.65 Decreased By ▼ -0.04 (-0.15%)
PIBTL 7.66 Increased By ▲ 0.18 (2.41%)
PPL 157.92 Increased By ▲ 2.15 (1.38%)
PRL 26.73 Increased By ▲ 0.05 (0.19%)
PTC 18.46 Increased By ▲ 0.16 (0.87%)
SEARL 82.44 Decreased By ▼ -0.58 (-0.7%)
TELE 8.31 Increased By ▲ 0.08 (0.97%)
TOMCL 34.51 Decreased By ▼ -0.04 (-0.12%)
TPLP 9.06 Increased By ▲ 0.25 (2.84%)
TREET 17.47 Increased By ▲ 0.77 (4.61%)
TRG 61.32 Decreased By ▼ -1.13 (-1.81%)
UNITY 27.43 Decreased By ▼ -0.01 (-0.04%)
WTL 1.38 Increased By ▲ 0.10 (7.81%)
BR100 10,407 Increased By 220 (2.16%)
BR30 31,713 Increased By 377.1 (1.2%)
KSE100 97,328 Increased By 1781.9 (1.86%)
KSE30 30,192 Increased By 614.4 (2.08%)

ISLAMABAD: A local court on Wednesday extended the interim bail of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and other party leaders in the case registered against them on charges of violation of Section 144.

Additional District and Sessions Judge Zafar Iqbal, while hearing the bail pleas extended the interim bail of the PTI chief, Asad Qaiser, Asad Umar, Faisal Vawda, Saifullah Niazi, Sadaqat Abbasi, Shahzad Waseem, and others till September 27.

The city police had registered an FIR against Mr Khan and other PIT leaders on August 23 on charges of violating Section 144 (ban on public gatherings exceeding four persons) by holding a rally in the capital on August 20.

During the hearing, Mr Khan’s counsel Baber Awan and lawyers of Faisal Vawda, Asad Qaiser, and Asad Umar filed applications seeking a one-day exemption from personal appearance before the court which the court approved.

At the start of the hearing, Mr Khan’s counsel argued that the PTI chief was preparing to contest the upcoming elections for nine vacant National Assembly seats and would not appear today.

“When is the election to be held?” the judge asked, to which Awan replied that election is scheduled for September 25.

He further said that the section included in the FIR is bailable. To this, the judge remarked that Section 506 is non-bailable.

The judge asked, who is the investigating officer (IO)? Is the investigation complete, to which, the IO replied that the case record is available and the investigation has also been completed.

Awan told the court that Umar was in Lahore when the case was registered. “The video regarding his presence in Lahore on the day of rally held in Islamabad is available,” he said.

The judge directed the IO to probe the case on merit. If Asad Umar was not present in Islamabad, then remove him from the case, he said.

The defense counsel said that Saifullah Niazi was also not present in the federal capital the day the case was registered by the city police.

The judge asked the IO, are you listening to this?

He further directed the IO to remove the name of those who were not involved. The court after hearing the arguments extended the interim bail of Khan and others till September 27.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2022

Comments

Comments are closed.