Islamabad
The Islamabad High Court has granted pre-arrest bail to Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan till August 25 after he was booked under the Anti-Terrorism Act for threatening an additional sessions judge and senior police officers of the Islamabad Police at a rally on August 20.
This comes as Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) legal team on Monday filed a pre-arrest bail plea for Imran Khan after a first information report (FIR) was registered against him in Islamabad High Court.
The petition claimed the most recent FIR against the PTI chairman was "politically motivated" and it added that Imran had been "falsely" involved with "mala fide intention and ulterior motives to humiliate" him.
A terrorism case was registered against Imran Khan for using derogatory language and threatening Additional Session Judge Zeba Chaudhry in his speech in the Islamabad rally.
Imran Khan, addressing a PTI rally had said that they would file cases against Inspector General Islamabad Police, Deputy IG Islamabad Police and magistrate Zeba Chaudhry for the torture of PTI leader Shahbaz Gill.