Islamabad Court rejects Imran Khan’s bail

In Pakistan, amid serious economic crisis, an Islamabad Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC)  on Wednesday rejected PTI chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan’s request for an extension in his interim bail. The plea was made in a case pertaining to a protest outside the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) following its decision in the Toshakhana case. The verdict was announced by Judge Raja Jawad Abbas Hassan on the grounds of non-appearance in court.  Instant pre-arrest bail petition is dismissed due to non-appearance of petitioner Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi, it added.

The PTI chief moved the high court after an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Islamabad rejected his bail in the same case earlier in the day — after Khan failed to appear in person before it. Hearing his plea, the Lahore High Court ordered that Imran Khan should be presented before it in an “ambulance if he is injured and cannot walk” as he seeks protective bail in a case. Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh's remarks came on Wednesday as he heard Khan's plea seeking protective bail in a case lodged against him for protesting outside the Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) office. Meanwhile, The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday directed Imran Khan to submit a reply in the case regarding his removal from the party leadership,