BNITIMES.COM / Hyd / Bureau News / Editor Vishal Sharma / 12 May 2023 / 17:50 pm
- Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been granted a two week bail by Islamabad High Court on Friday in a graft case.
- Khan had earlier arrived in court after the Supreme Court ruled his arrest earlier this week “unlawful”.
- The dramatic arrest on Tuesday triggered clashes with police and paramilitary forces across the country, killing nearly a dozen people. The army was called in to restore order.
- Police in capital Islamabad have imposed an emergency order banning gathering of more than four people as Khan’s supporters are expected to march to the capital.
Protests not ‘constitutional’: PM Sharif
Prime Minister Sharif has said the protests over the past couple of days could not be called “constitutional and democratic”.
“This is terrorism and anti-nationalism which cannot be accepted under any circumstances,” Sharif said, according to a statement from his office.
During a cabinet meeting earlier today, Sharif criticised what it called an “extraordinary intervention” of the country’s Supreme Court chief justice in the matter of Khan’s arrest on Tuesday – which the court declared illegal on Thursday.
“This is a shameful stain on the forehead of justice,” Sharif said, calling the top court for its “double standards.”
PTI has brought Pakistan to ‘brink of destruction’: PM Sharif
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that the PTI leadership is trying to push the country, which is already facing a myriad of challenges, towards destruction.
“The horrible role PTI leadership has played in bringing Pakistan to the brink of destruction, it has become a big question mark for the country,” the PM remarked during a cabinet meeting.
Former PM given bail in other cases
In another relief for opposition leader Khan, the Islamabad High Court has instructed authorities to not arrest the former premier till May 17 in any case filed against him after May 9.
At least three new cases were registered against Imran Khan after he was detained in the Al-Qadir Trust case on Tuesday .
Khan’s lawyers had earlier approached the
court to grant Khan protective bail in all cases filed.
