Imran Khan not going to jail for now as Lahore HC grants protecting bail

Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan was granted protecting bail until March 3 by Lahore High Court in a case linked to violent protests exterior the election fee.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Feb 20, 2023 21:32 IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. (File photograph: AFP)

By India Today Web Desk: Former Pakistan Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan is just not going to jail for now as Lahore High Court on Monday accepted his protecting bail plea in a case pertaining to protests exterior the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).

Imran Khan lastly made it to the courtroom after an hours-long political drama over his in-person look. A horde of PTI supporters flooded the outer premises of Lahore High Court chanting slogans in help of the previous Pakistan premier.

چیئرمین عمران خان عدالت کی جانب جا رہے ہیں۔ pic.twitter.com/ScCUn7KiPW
— PTI (@PTIofficial) February 20, 2023

The PTI chief had filed for bail in a case linked to violent protests exterior the election fee by activists after the cricketer-turned-politician was disqualified by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) within the prohibited funding case final 12 months.

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WHAT LAHORE HIGH COURT SAID

Granting protecting bail, the Lahore High Court bench, led by Justice Ali Baqar Najafi, directed the disposed prime minister to strategy the related court docket by then, Dawn reported. Imran Khan had urged the court docket to grant him 15-day bail within the case in order that he may strategy the related court docket for pre-arrest bail.

After making it contained in the courtroom, Imran Khan advised the bench that his wounded leg has not absolutely recovered, including that any shock to his fractured leg would cease him from recovering for 3 extra months.

According to ARY News, Khan sought two weeks from the court docket as his X-ray is scheduled to be performed on February 28. However, the court docket granted him protecting bail solely until March 3.

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RUCKUS OUSIDE COURTROOM

The 70-year-old politician lastly made his method contained in the LHC courtroom after dawdling exterior for almost an hour-and-a-half regardless of coming into the court docket premises round 6 pm, Dawn reported.

Hundreds of supporters of Imran Khan gathered exterior the Lahore High Court earlier than the PTI chief’s in-person listening to. Footage aired on Pakistani channels and social media confirmed Khan’s convoy being surrounded by his supporters who showered their chief with rose petals.

کس شیر کی آمد ہے کہ رن کانپ رہا ہے

رستم کا جگر زیر کفن کانپ رہا ہے
ہر قصر سلاطین زمن کانپ رہا ہے
سب ایک طرف چرخ کہن کانپ رہا ہے

کس شیر کی آمد ہے کہ رن کانپ رہا ہے#عمران_خان_ہماری_ریڈ_لائن pic.twitter.com/q2RPV4OzCf
— Sherry 🇵🇰 (@SherySherlock) February 20, 2023

Activists surrounded Imran Khan’s automobile and walked alongside his convoy as he travelled from Zaman Park to Lahore High Court.

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SECURITY MEASURES

Though safety preparations have been tightened within the wake of Imran Khan’s private look within the Lahore High Court, a number of PTI leaders, together with Shah Mahmood Qureshi claimed that Lahore Police made the worst safety preparations regardless of the reassurance of the inspector basic (IG), in response to ARY News.

Imran Khan’s lawyer Azhar Siddique and social gathering leaders, corresponding to Shibli Faraz and Qureshi, reached the court docket and waited for his or her president for hours as he struggled to enter the court docket premises and 1000’s of individuals had rushed to see a glimpse of their favorite chief.

Notably, Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh had suspended hearings of all different circumstances in Lahore High Court to keep away from any untoward scenario.

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THE CASE

Imran Khan was slapped with a terrorism case in October 22 when 1000’s of PTI staff stormed to the streets and held demonstrations exterior Election Commission of Pakistan places of work in varied elements of the nation after it disqualified the previous premier within the Toshakhana reference.

After the ECP crackdown, Imran Khan had allegedly provoked individuals to take to the streets, which led to violence in other places, together with clashes between PTI staff and the police in cities corresponding to Islamabad, Peshawar and Karachi.

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Feb 20, 2023