INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani court on Tuesday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant versus former prime minister Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case
but he was approved bail in two other cases, amidst high drama outside the court facilities where hundreds of his supporters converged in
assistance of their leader.Khan, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief, travelled from his Zaman Park residence in Lahore to Islamabad to
appear in three cases here in the federal capital.Additional sessions judge Zafar Iqbal issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against the
70-year-year-old prime minister in the Toshakhana case.The court provided a non-bailable arrest warrant against Khan and adjourned the
hearing till March 7 for his repetitive failure to appear prior to the court.His indictment, in this case, was previously held off twice due
to his absence.Khan has actually been in the crosshairs for purchasing gifts, including a pricey Graff watch he had received as the premier
at a reduced price from the state depository called Toshakhana and selling them for profit.The former cricketer-turned-politician was,
nevertheless, approved bail by the Anti-Terrorism court (ATC) in addition to the banking court in the restricted financing case as he
appeared here in the judicial complex as hundreds of his supporters thronged the vicinity.Meanwhile, ATC judge Raza Jawed granted Khan
interim bail till March 9
The Islamabad Police had actually signed up a terrorism case versus Khan and senior PTI leaders for allegedly vandalising state residential
or commercial property in response to the Toshakhana case.The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in October in 2015 filed a case in an
Islamabad-based banking court versus Khan and other PTI leaders over supposedly getting prohibited funding.The Election Commission of
Pakistan in 2015 found the party guilty of hiding that it had gotten the cash and also disqualified Khan.The restricted funding case was
submitted by separated PTI founding member Akbar S Babar in the ECP in 2014
Khan has not gone to any hearings because November in 2015 when he was injured in an assassination effort at his rally in the Wazirabad
location of Punjab.Khan was approved interim bail by an unique court in Islamabad after being shot throughout the assassination attempt.He
has because received extensions on his bail due to medical reasons.Khan was ousted from power in April after losing a no-confidence vote in
his management, which he alleged belonged to a US-led conspiracy targeting him since of his independent foreign policy decisions on Russia,
China, and Afghanistan.The PTI chief, who pertained to power in 2018, is the only Pakistani prime minister to be ousted in a no-confidence
