A three-member bench of the Supreme Court takes up for hearing Imran Khan’s arrest petition
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court will take up the hearing of the PTI petition challenging the arrest of party chief Imran Khan today around 2 pm.
The PTI has challenged the Islamabad High Court decision that declared legal the arrest of Imran Khan on Tuesday.
A three-member bench of the Supreme Court headed by CJP Umar Ata Bandial, comprising Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, will hear the petition of PTI.
On Tuesday, Rangers arrested PTI chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan from the IHC’s courtyard.
Importantly, after getting enough media limelight, the chief justice of IHC declared legal the arrest of Imran Khan in the Al-Qadir Trust case involving mega corruption charges.
Khan was arrested under the arrest warrants issued by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in this case.
Initially, the SC Registrar returned the petition on Wednesday with some objections to the plea.
However, on Wednesday, the PTI again filed the petition after addressing the objections of the Registrar.
The Supreme Court will examine the legality of the IHC verdict about the arrest of Imran Khan.
Court gives 8-day remand of Imran Khan to NAB
On Wednesday, an accountability court gave an eight-day remand of Imran Khan to the National Accountability Bureau.
Earlier, after his arrest from the Islamabad High Court yard on Tuesday, former prime minister Imran Khan was shifted to the Police Lines in Islamabad.
Hearing of the Al-Qadir Trust case also took place inside the Police Lines. Islamabad’s administration has declared Police Lines as a sub-jail and Imran Khan will be kept there as long as the hearing of the case goes on.
Judge of the accountability court Bashir Memon heard the plea of the NAB which is seeking 14-day physical remand of Imran Khan in the Al-Qadir Trust case.
Earlier, a medical team of the state-run largest hospital in Islamabad _ Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) conducted a medical examination and declared Khan physically fit.
Meanwhile, a local court in Islamabad indicted Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case though Khan and his lawyers boycotted the proceedings of the hearing.
PTI to challenge arrest of Khan in the Supreme Court
Meanwhile, Senior leaders of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf decided to challenge the legality of the arrest of Imran Khan in the Supreme Court.
PTI chairman Imran Khan has been arrested in the Al-Qadir Trust case _ one of the mega corruption cases involving Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi aka Pinki.
Before his arrest, the PTI vice chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi summoned an emergency meeting of the seven-member committee after the arrest of party chairman Imran Khan. The committee reviewed the situation and devised a strategy to secure the early release of Imran Khan.
Senators Saifullah Khan Nyazee, Azam Swati, Ijaz Chaudhry, Murad Saeed, Ali Amin Khan Gandapur, and Hassan Niazi are seven-member of the committee of the PTI.
PTI Legal Team not allowed to meet Khan
The legal team of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was not allowed to PTI Chairman Imran Khan ahead of the hearing on the Al-Qadir Trust case on Wednesday.
The case will be heard at the location where Imran Khan had been detained. On Tuesday, Rangers arrested Imran Khan and shifted him to NAB regional office in Rawalpindi in the Al-Qadir Trust case involving Rs 50 billion corruption allegations.
“We were stopped from meeting our client,” Babar Awan, a member of Khan’s legal team told the media.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday the Islamabad High Court declared the arrest of Imran Khan legal.
