Islamabad HC grants bail to Imran Khan for 2 weeks in Al-Qadir Trust case

A particular bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday granted former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan protecting bail in a corruption case. A division bench comprising Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb and Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz heard the Al-Qadir belief corruption case. This comes a day after the Supreme Court termed Khan’s arrest from the IHC premises on Tuesday as ‘invalid and illegal’.

The IHC’s determination to grant Khan a two-week reprieve from arrest got here hours after he warned of countrywide unrest if he was arrested once more, Geo News reported. The 70-year-old Khan arrived on the court docket shortly after 11.30 am native time amid tight safety and underwent the biometric identification course of and different formalities. The listening to was delayed for practically two hours attributable to safety causes.

Earlier, the 2 judges left the courtroom amid pro-Khan slogan shouting by a lawyer. The upset judges later introduced that the listening to will resume after Friday prayers. Dawn News reported that Khan’s legal professionals had filed 4 further requests which urged the IHC to membership all of the instances towards the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and to direct authorities to offer particulars of the instances registered towards him.

Khan was arrested from the premises of the IHC on Tuesday within the Al-Qadir Trust case after the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) issued an arrest warrant towards him.

What is Al-Qadir Trust corruption case?

The Al-Qadir Trust corruption case is concerning the organising of Al-Qadir University for Sufism in 2019 Sohawa space of Jhelum district of Punjab. Khan is accused of looting Rs 50 billion from the nationwide treasury within the case.

The former prime minister, alongside along with his spouse Bushra Bibi and different PTI leaders, are dealing with a NAB inquiry associated to a settlement between the PTI authorities and a property tycoon. They are additionally accused of getting undue profit within the type of over 458 kanals (23.16 hectares) of land at Mouza Bakrala, Sohawa, to determine Al Qadir University.

Khan’s arrest on Tuesday by paramilitary Rangers sparked widespread protests throughout Pakistan, prompting the deployment of the Army right here in addition to in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces. The violent protests left a minimum of eight folks useless.

The IHC upheld his arrest however a three-member Supreme Court bench on Thursday declared his detention ‘unlawful’ and ordered his quick launch. The apex court docket directed police to maintain him within the Supreme Court’s safety and produce him earlier than the excessive court docket at 11 am.

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