WORLD NEWS | Imran Khan likely to appear in Lahore High Court on Monday

Lahore, May 14 (PTI) — Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is likely to appear in the Lahore High Court on Monday to hear the case against him following his arrest last week for the burning of legions here. Commander’s house and other violence that erupted.

Although released on bail on Friday, Khan returned to his home in Lahore on Saturday after locking himself in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) building for hours amid fears of re-arrest. The IHC has granted bail to 70-year-old Khan, barring authorities from arresting him in all cases registered after May 9, and has asked him to seek further relief at the Lahore High Court on May 15.

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In the Al Qadir Trust case, the National Accountability Bureau arrested the former cricketer-turned-politician on May 9 and the IHC granted him a two-week pre-arrest bail.

The Supreme Court declared the arrest of Khan from the IHC premises illegal and referred the matter to the IHC.

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“Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief may appear before LHC to seek pre-arrest bail amid six cases registered against him in Lahore and other parts of Punjab after May 9,” said the Khan party chief. A senior leader told PTI on Sunday.

He said Khan held a meeting of party leaders (who still managed to evade arrest) at his Zaman Park residence here and discussed the party’s future strategy. His presence at the Large Hadron Collider is also discussed.

The government and agencies are desperate to arrest Khan in any frivolous cases, he said.

The Punjab police had registered Khan and hundreds of his party members on May 10 for attacking and setting fire to the regiment commander’s residence in Lahore, in addition to registering five other FIRs against him for inciting him. Supporters of the group attacked and damaged state buildings and military installations.

Khan, his deputy, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, and others were charged with murder last Tuesday in an attack on Jinnah House, the residence of a senior military commander in the Lahore camp , terrorism and 20 other heinous crimes.

The arrest of Khan by Pakistani rangers on Tuesday at the IHC grounds sparked unrest in Pakistan that continued into Friday, killing multiple people and destroying dozens of military and state facilities by protesters.

For the first time in Pakistani history, protesters stormed the army headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi and set fire to the residence of the regiment commander in Lahore.

Police put the death toll in the violence at 10, while Khan’s party claimed 40 of its workers were killed in fire from security personnel.

More than 3,500 people have been arrested in Punjab for their involvement in the violence that erupted after Khan’s arrest, Dr. Usman Anwar, Punjab provincial police chief, told a news conference on Sunday. Most of them will be tried in anti-terrorism courts, he said.

Khan was ousted last April after losing a no-confidence vote in his leadership, which he claimed was part of a US-led plot against him because his foreign policy decisions on Russia, China and Afghanistan were independent. of.

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