LHC grants Imran Khan protective bail in two terrorism cases
The former premier appeared before the Lahore High Court in a decoy vehicle to seek protective bail.
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday granted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan protective bail in two terrorism cases.
These cases were filed against him in Islamabad following last week’s clashes at the Federal Judicial Complex (FJC).
The former premier appeared before the Lahore High Court around 1 pm in a decoy vehicle to seek protective bail.
He was accompanied by aide Fawad Chaudhry, party lawyers and private security guards.
A two-judge LHC bench comprising Justice Shehbaz Rizvi and Justice Farooq Haider granted Imran protective bail in the terrorism cases till March 27.
PTI Chief had filed two petitions, through his lawyer Salman Safdar, seeking bail in the terror cases filed against him.
Islamabad’s Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) and the Police Station Golra Sharif had filed cases against PTI chairman Imran Khan and several other PTI leaders following clashes between the PTI workers and the police outside the Federal Judicial Complex after Khan reached there to attend the hearing of the Toshakhana case last week.
