Thu 01 September 2022:
In a terrorism investigation, a Pakistani court granted former Prime Minister Imran Khan pre-arrest bail on Thursday, Anadolu Agency reported.
Khan came before an anti-terrorism court in Islamabad, where he was granted interim bail under four new terms added by local police to a case filed against him last month.
According to his lawyer, Babar Awan, the case was adjourned till September 12 and notices were issued to Islamabad police.
عمران خان کی انسداد دہشت گردی عدالت میں پیشی- pic.twitter.com/iNATEJF2yt
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Last week, the same court granted pre-arrest bail to Khan in a case registered against him for allegedly threatening police officers and a judicial official during a rally. However, Islamabad police on Thursday added four more provisions related to the law and order situation.
In his speech during a rally on Aug. 20, Khan said he will take legal action against the capital Islamabad’s police chief, and a judicial official who ordered two-day physical remand of his chief of staff, Shehbaz Gill.
Gill is facing sedition charges for remarks that allegedly aimed to incite mutiny within Pakistan’s powerful military.
Meanwhile, Awan said that the Interior Ministry has issued a letter and warned that Khan’s life is under threat.
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“We have received a letter from the government regarding a life threat to Imran Khan. But if anything happened to him, the government will be responsible,” Awan told reporters outside the court.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s secretary-general and former Finance Minister Asad Umar also confirmed the letter and said the government is putting Imran Khan’s life at risk while registering cases against him.
Last week, Islamabad police said that 77 police personnel have deployed for Khan’s security.
SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES
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