ISLAMABAD: PTI Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan on Wednesday filed a petition in a District and Sessions court against the non-bailable arrest warrant issued by a local court in a case registered on charges of using threatening language against Judge Zeba Chaudhry and chief of Islamabad police.
PTI chief filed the plea through his counsels – Faisal Chaudhry and Ali Bukhari. In the petition, he stated that the high court had granted bail to Imran Khan till April 6 amid security reasons.
The petitioner further pointed out that there were severe threats to the life of the PTI chief that’s why a plea for exemption from personal appearance was filed in the court. Hereby the Judicial Magistrate’s order should be immediately suspended, he requested the court.
Earlier on Wednesday, an Islamabad court issued non-bailable arrest warrants for former prime minister Imran Khan in a case of hurling threats at a woman judge, and ordered authorities to present him before the court on April 18.
In the previous hearing held on March 24, the court had converted the non-bailable arrest warrant into a bailable one at the request of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), during a case hearing against Khan, in which he is accused of using threatening language against Zeba Chaudhry and chief of Islamabad police.
During the recent hearing, prosecutor Rizwan Abbasi appeared before Judicial Magistrate Malik Aman’s court, while Khan was represented by his counsel, Faisal Chaudhry.
Abbasi also pointed out that Khan’s request for exemption from attendance had been granted in each hearing.
Following the hearing of arguments, the judge announced the verdict, directing the authorities to take Khan into custody and present him before the court on April 18.
Khan had previously contested the non-bailable arrest warrants in the district court, claiming that his health issues and threats to his life had prevented him from appearing before the court.
