Toshakhana case: Court rejects Imran’s plea seeking suspension arrest warrant

• Court rejects Imran’s plea seeking suspension of warrant
• Court heard the bail plea filed by PTI in Toshakhana case
• Additional District and Sessions Judge Zafar Iqbal heard case

ISLAMABAD: The District and Sessions Court Islamabad on Thursday turned down the PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s petition and upheld his non-bailable arrest warrants in Toshakhana case.

Earlier, Additional Sessions Judge Zafar Iqbal heard arguments and reserved verdict on the plea and reserved the verdict on the plea.

Later, the Additional Sessions judge announced the verdict on the plea of the PTI chairman seeking suspension of his arrest warrants.

The election commission’s counsel opposed the plea seeking suspension of the arrest warrants. “The court has rejected scores of pleas for exemption from attending the hearing earlier,” ECP counsel said.

PTI moved IHC requesting the suspension of non-bailable arrest warrant issued against Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case. The high court directed the party to move the case to the trial court.

Today’s hearing was conducted by Additional District and Sessions Judge Zafar Iqbal. PTI counsel requested the court either to suspend the arrest warrant or to issue a bailable warrant in the case.

Pertinently, Police once again tried to arrest Imran Khan in the same case and his residence became a battleground for hours as PTI workers retaliated the actions taken by the Police.

As many as 85 police personnel and PTI workers were injured during clashes, which took place at and around Zaman Park, the residence of PTI chief Imran Khan, and in Lahore city for the last two days.

DIG Operation Islamabad Shahzad Bukhari, DPO Sheikhupura Zahid Nawaz Marwat, SP Amarah Shirazi, Inspector Imran Qamar and SHO Shoaib Ghani and police personnel from Islamabad were also among the injured.

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