ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday extended the bail of Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan in the Al-Qadir Trust case for three days and directed him to approach the relevant accountability court within the same time frame.
The order was issued by a two-judge bench comprising Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb and Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz. Earlier, a video shared on PTI’s official Twitter account showed Khan entering the court premises as his security personnel held up bulletproof shields.
The Al-Qadir Trust case alleges that the PTI chairman and his wife, Bushra Bibi, obtained billions of rupees and land measuring hundreds of kanals from a real estate firm for legalising Rs50 billion that was identified and returned to the country by the UK during the PTI government.
Imran had then approached the Supreme Court, which on May 11, termed his arrest from the IHC premises “invalid and unlawful” and directed him to appear before the IHC the next day. Subsequently, the IHC had granted Imran bail in the case for two weeks and stopped authorities from arresting him till May 17 in any case registered in Islamabad after May 9. On May 17, the IHC again extended its order to prevent Imran’s arrest in cases filed against him after May 9 until May 31.
Meanwhile, an Islamabad accountability court declared the bail plea of Imran’s wife Bushra Bibi in the Al Qadir Trust case as “infructuous” after NAB Investigation Officer Mian Umer Nadeem said her arrest was “not needed”. Earlier, the court had granted Bushra Bibi bail till May 31.
