LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday reserved its verdict on Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan’s plea against his possible arrest in any case registered on or after May 9, when he was arrested from the Islamabad High Court (IHC) premises in the Al-Qadir Trust case on May 9.
As the proceedings started, Justice Safdar Saleem Shahid inquired about the PTI chairman’s whereabouts. Khan’s lawyer, Barrister Salman Safdar, informed the court that his client did not have a protective bail. He said that if the court desired, his client could be presented after 11am. He said that Imran was not seeking protective bail and asked for the case to be sent to a larger bench. The court subsequently reserved its verdict.
PTI Chairman had moved the LHC to stop his arrest in any case registered on or after May 9, when he was arrested from the court premises in the Al-Qadir Trust case. The petition named the Punjab Inspector General police and the state through the Advocate General as respondents. The plea called on the court to direct the Punjab IGP to provide a fresh report regarding the registration of “undisclosed/new FIRs” in Lahore on or after May 9.
It also called on the court to give Imran “protection of law” and to bar the respondents from arresting the PTI chief in any new criminal case registered on or subsequent to May 9 without the court’s prior permission.
