The previous prime minister seems earlier than the anti-terrorism court docket in Islamabad that adjourns the case till September 20.
Islamabad, Pakistan – A court docket in Pakistan has prolonged the pre-arrest bail of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a “terrorism” case until September 20.
Khan on Monday appeared earlier than the anti-terrorism court docket within the capital Islamabad that adjourned the case till September 20 after the state prosecutors requested for extra time to organize their arguments.
Khan who heads the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) celebration, was charged with “terrorism” for remarks made at a public rally on August 20 in opposition to police officers and a feminine decide who had ordered the arrest of one in every of his high aides, Shahbaz Gill.
In his speech, Khan had allegedly threatened “motion” by taking authorized recourse in opposition to high Islamabad police officers and Choose Zeba Chaudhry, who had accepted Gill’s two-day detention.
Gill was arrested on August 9 and charged with sedition after he was accused of inciting a mutiny in Pakistan’s highly effective navy throughout a TV present. Khan’s PTI alleges Gill was tortured in custody.
The cricketing icon-turned-politician denied he threatened the officers in his speech, saying his phrases have been taken out of context.
The identical speech additionally resulted in Khan being charged with contempt of court docket and illegal meeting, with costs within the contempt case set to be framed on September 22.
Briefly remarks earlier than coming into the courtroom on Monday, Khan informed he has turn out to be “very harmful” to the federal government.
Throughout Monday’s listening to, state prosecutor Raja Rizwan Abbasi informed the court docket that Khan refused to look earlier than the investigation group regardless of being issued three notices.
In response, Babar Awan, Khan’s lawyer, mentioned his consumer’s assertion had already been supplied to the investigating officer.
In a listening to that lasted lower than an hour, the court docket instructed the 2 events to find out when and the place ought to Khan turn out to be a part of the investigation.
Awan, who had earlier raised security considerations for Khan through the listening to, informed reporters exterior the court docket that the costs in opposition to Khan have been a ploy by the federal government to “minus Imran”. “It is going to fail,” he mentioned.
Khan’s authorities was eliminated via a parliamentary vote of no-confidence in April. Since then, he has been holding public rallies throughout the nation demanding recent elections, that are in any other case due late subsequent 12 months.
In his speeches, the 69-year-old politician has criticised his political opponents and the so-called “neutrals” – a commonly-used euphemism for Pakistan’s highly effective navy.
Lately, Khan discovered himself in one other controversy when he accused the federal government of making an attempt to nominate a “favorite” as the following military chief.
In a harshly worded assertion, the navy mentioned it was “aghast” on the remarks, calling them “defamatory and uncalled for”.
Pakistan’s navy institution has dominated over the nation for greater than half of its 75-year historical past as an unbiased nation.
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