Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday granted interim bail to former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan in inciting mutiny case.
The court ordered Imran Khan to submit surety bonds worth Rs0.1 million while ordering him to become part of investigation.
The former premier has been ordered to ensure his appearance in every proceeding. The high court has also sought arguments on whether only the IHC could grant permanent bail to Imran Khan.
In this regard, the court served notices to the police and federation while ordering them to submit a response by May 3.
Amidst concerns of potential “assassination plots”, PTI supremo Imran Khan reached the IHC seeking bail in a case pertaining to making allegations against top officers of state institutions and inciting mutiny.
In this regard, the PTI chief had also submitted a plea for pre-arrest bail with the help of his lawyers in the case. But, the registrar’s office raised some concerns about the application, one of which was related to the absence of biometric verification.
Accompanied by a convoy of his party workers, the PTI chief departed at 7 pm from his Zaman Park residence in Lahore.
