LAHORE: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Thursday extended the interim bail of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan in Jinnah House (Corps Commander House) attack case.
ATC Judge Arshad Javed heard the interim bail pleas in three cases including Jinnah House attack. The court extended the interim bail till April 16 and told the PTI founder Imran Khan’s lawyer Salman Safdar to present arguments at the next hearing.
On Feb 28, an Islamabad court acquitted PTI founder Imran Khan, Asad Umar, Faisal Javed and others in a protest and vandalism case.
PTI founder Imran Khan, Asad Umar, Faisal Javed Khan, Raja Khurram Shahzad Nawaz, Abid Hussain, Ali Nawaz Awan, Zaheer Khan and others were booked at Tarnol police station on February 26, 2022.
Judicial magistrate Muhammad Shahbir issued the release verdict by accepting their acquittal pleas in the case.
Violent clashes broke out across Pakistan after the former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan was arrested from the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on May 9, 2023.
