INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ISLAMABAD: Pakistans Islamabad high court gave interim bail to former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan
on Tuesday, hours after a sessions court issued a non-bailable arrest warrant versus him for avoiding hearings in the Toshakhana case
pertaining to purchase of presents from the state depository.Imran was required to appear personally in four cases, consisting of one for
tried murder, that were arranged to be heard in different courts in Islamabad throughout the course of the day.Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz
(PML-N) lawmaker Moshin Nawaz Ranjha had submitted the attempted murder case against Imran last October after being assaulted outside the
Election Commissions workplace in Islamabad, where PTI employees and advocates were objecting against the disqualification of their party
chief from parliament over the Toshakhana case.A terrorism case was also submitted against him over a violent demonstration by PTI advocates
outside the electoral bodys office against its choice to disqualify him.The civilian Federal Investigation Agency had actually reserved
Imran and other PTI leaders weeks previously in connection with their party presumably receiving forbidden financing
The case was submitted by the state through the firms corporate banking circle in Islamabad.Imran travelled from Lahore, where he has
actually been recovering from a gunshot injury, to reach Islamabads judicial complex, which houses the banking court as well as the
anti-terrorism court.While he got bail in three cases, the sessions court issued a non-bailable arrest warrant in the Toshakhana case and
adjourned the hearing till March 7
Soon after this setback, Imran reached the Islamabad HC, which granted him pre-arrest bail up until March 9 against a surety of Rs 1 lakh
