Produce #ImranKhan in #SupremeCourt within an hour, orders #CJP #Bandial
#ISLAMBAD (MNP) – The #SupremeCourt of Pakistan on Thursday ordered that #PTI chairman #ImranKhan should be produced in court within an hour.
He remarked that the National Accountability Bureau (#NAB) had committed contempt by #violating court sanctity while arresting PTI chief Imran Khan.
The Supreme Court heard a petition filed by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf against the arrest of party chairman Imran Khan in the #Al-QadirTrustcase.
A three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, is hearing the case while PTI lawyers are present in court. The PTI has challenged a verdict of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) declaring the arrest of party chief Imran Khan “lawful”. The PTI argued that the arrest of Imran Khan was illegal and sought his immediate release.
Thursday’s hearing
At the outset of the hearing, PTI lawyer Hamid Khan told the bench that the ex-premier had reached the Islamabad High Court for biometric verification to file a petition for his pre-arrest bail. He said Imran Khan was taken into custody when he was undergoing the biometric process. “Why he was arrested when he was going to surrender to the court?” he questioned, adding that the former premier was also mishandled during the episode.
CJP Bandial remarked as per the high court’s record, a petition of Mr Khan had been filed but it was yet to be fixed for hearing. At which, the lawyer said biometric verification was compulsory for filing the petition.
Later, the chief justice remarked that the NAB had disgraced the judiciary by making the arrest on the premises of the high court.
