The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday granted PTI chief Imran Khan protective bail in a case registered by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) against him.
The bail was approved against surety bonds worth Rs5,000 till October 18 after Imran appeared before the court.
IHC Chief Justice (CJ) Athar Minallah had summoned Imran earlier today, midway through the hearing of his plea for protective bail.
Imran had sought the bail after the FIA’s Commerical Bank Circle in Islamabad registered a first information report (FIR) against him and other PTI leaders on October 6.
At the outset of the hearing, the PTI chairman’s lawyer informed the court that there is a threat of Imran Khan’s arrest.
At this, the IHC CJ asked the lawyer where his client was and why had he not appeared before the court.
“If the court orders Imran Khan will appear before it immediately,” the lawyer told the judge,
Upon hearing this, the IHC CJ told the lawyer to ask his client to appear at 3pm today.
However, the lawyer said that it would be very late and his client can come to court in 30 minutes.
The court also barred the police from arresting the PTI chief till he appears in court and stopped the police from “harassing” him.
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