Pakistan:Imran Khan gets bail in mutiny case till May 3

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday granted PTI Chairman Imran Khan protective bail till May 3 in a mutiny case registered against him at the capital’s Ramna police station. IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq, who presided over the hearing, approved Imran’s bail against the submission of surety bonds worth Rs100,000. Earlier this month, Manzoor Ahmed Khan, a magistrate, filed a first information report (FIR) at Islamabad’s Ramna police station against Imran for “spreading hatred between the institutions and the public” and for “trying to cause unforgivable damage to the institutions and their top officers”.

Earlier today, the PTI chief had filed a plea through his counsels seeking protective bail in the case. The registrar’s office had raised a few objections to the plea, one of which pertained to the lack of biometric verification. However, the PTI legal team later addressed and resolved these objections after which it was taken up for hearing. However, Advocate General Islamabad Jahangir Jadoon objected to Imran’s plea being heard the same day it had been filed. Jadoon remarked others should receive the same treatment if they filed similar pleas.However, the court emphasised that the petitioner, being a resident of Pakistan, had the right to be granted bail.