The District and Sessions Court Islamabad extended the interim bail of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan till July 30 in 11...
The District and Sessions Court Islamabad extended the interim bail of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan till July 30 in 11 cases of violence and damage to government property during the Long March on May 25.
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan has applied to the District and Sessions Court (West) for interim bail in 11 FIRs registered in Abpara, Kohsar, Karachi Company, Golra, Tarnool and Thana Secretariat police stations of the federal capital regarding the violent incidents on May 25. ) applied for pre-arrest bail before Judge Kamran Bisharat Mufti.
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His application was heard in the District and Sessions Court of Islamabad today, but Imran Khan did not appear in the court, while junior lawyer Rai Tajmal told the court that the Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman is in Lahore and his lawyer Babar Awan has gone abroad. Therefore, he cannot appear in court, to which the judge said that it was important for Imran Khan to appear in court.
The court said that it was mandatory for Imran Khan to appear before the court in Kohsar police station in case number 425 in which a case has been registered against the former prime minister on charges of treason.
The Hon'ble Judge emphasized that fresh bail is required in this case and I will issue these orders when the accused appears in court.
On which Imran Khan's lawyer assured the court that his client will appear before the court on the next hearing which will be held on July 30.
The court approved the request for exemption from the presence of Chairman Tehreek-e-Insaaf and extended interim bails in 11 cases till July 30.
Cases filed against Imran Khan
It should be noted that on May 25, former Prime Minister Imran Khan had carried out a 'freedom march' towards Islamabad, in which violent incidents also occurred while public and government properties were also severely damaged, after which on May 26, at 1:50 p.m. But on the complaint of sub-inspector Asif Raza at Kohsar police station of the capital, cases were registered under sections 109, 148, 149, 186, 188, 353, 427 of the Pakistan Penal Code.
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In the FIR, Sub-Inspector Asif Raza had said that at 11 o'clock at night, he was patrolling Jinnah Avenue Chowk along with the policemen, when suddenly 100 to 150 workers of Tehreek-e-Insaf marched towards Express Chowk with party flags. .
He said that when Section 144 was implemented in the federal capital, the police tried to stop the workers and supporters of Tehreek-e-Insaaf, but instead of listening to the police, they started pelting stones at the policemen and burnt trees.
He said that on the order of Imran Khan and other leadership of Tehreek-e-Insaf, 36 workers who had done this were detained.
However, the second FIR was registered under the relevant provisions at 3.20 pm on the complaint of Sub-Inspector Ghulam Sarwar.
Police officer Ghulam Sarwar had said in the FIR that he along with some police officers was on patrol at Express Chowk at 12:30 at night when 150 PTI workers allegedly shouted slogans with rods and incendiary substances in their hands. Inciting the people, they set fire to the trees at Geo Chowk and the Metro Bus Service Station.
He had said that the police tried to disperse the angry mob but the PTI workers pelted stones at the police and damaged government property by setting fire to it, after which 39 workers were arrested.
Meanwhile, a report by Dawn on May 28 revealed that Tehreek-e-Insaaf leadership, including Imran and other activists, were being attacked by Loi Bhir, Secretariat Police, Abpara Police, Golra Police, Bhara Kahu Police, Tarnool Police, and Coral Police. Another 11 cases were registered under various provisions of the Pakistan Penal Code.
The real freedom march
In order to stop Imran Khan's 'True Freedom March' on 25th, the authorities imposed Section 144, under which no more than 4 people can gather, with the aim of preventing gatherings. Attempts were made to prevent them from entering Islamabad by placing shipping containers on major highways to prevent them.
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Undaunted by the containers placed by the authorities, the participants of the march crossed all the barriers and entered Islamabad on which the police resorted to lathi-charge as well as tear gas and shelling to disperse them.
Meanwhile. Television footage showed smoke billowing from the ground and fires burning in green belts adjacent to Islamabad's main highways.
The government claimed that the fire was started by Tehreek-e-Insaaf supporters while the PTI claimed that the fire was caused by police shelling, but neither could be independently verified.
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