Bushra Bibi appeared for the first time
The court, however, fixed for Tuesday the hearing on the bail plea in the terrorism cases lodged against Khan after the May 9 violence. The LHC Registrar’s Office has objected to the non-enclosure of attested copies of the orders of the Supreme Court and the Islamabad High Court. Justice Safdar Salim Shahid fixed May 16 for hearing on Khan’s plea. Earlier, Khan’s lawyer had assured to make provision for the orders of the court. Bushra appeared before the Lahore High Court for the first time for anticipatory bail in the Bibi Al-Qadir Trust case.
100 cases against Khan
Khan and Bushra Bibi reached the LHC amid tight security and were not accompanied by party workers. Before boarding the bomb and bulletproof vehicle, she was covered with a white sheet so that Bushra Bibi could perform her ‘Parda’. While Khan has over 100 cases against him, Bushra has been named in two cases – the Toshakhana and the Al Qadir Trust case. Khan said in a tweet on Monday that they (the government and the military establishment) had conspired to arrest his wife to humiliate him. He claimed that the government intended to keep him in jail for 10 years in the sedition case. There are reports that Khan may be booked under the Army Act for inciting attacks on military installations.
Islamabad High Court order
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief was granted interim bail in six cases registered for setting fire to the house of a Corps Commander Lahore and other incidents of violence following his arrest last week. Despite being granted bail on Friday, Khan had returned to his home in Lahore on Saturday after locking himself inside the Islamabad High Court (IHC) premises for hours fearing re-arrest. The IHC granted bail to 70-year-old Khan while staying his arrest in all cases registered against him after May 9 and asked him to approach the Lahore High Court on May 15 for further relief.
The arrest took place on May 9
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had arrested the cricketer-turned-politician Khan on May 9 in the Al-Qadir Trust case. The IHC granted him anticipatory bail for two weeks. The Supreme Court declared Khan’s arrest from the Islamabad High Court premises illegal and referred the case to the IHC. The Punjab Police filed five other FIRs on May 10 for inciting supporters to attack and damage government buildings and military installations, besides attacking Khan and hundreds of his party workers and setting fire to the ‘Corps Commander’s House’ in Lahore. were registered.
Ruckus after arrest
Khan and his aide Shah Mahmood Qureshi and others have been booked under murder, terrorism and 20 other heinous offenses for last Tuesday’s attack on ‘Jinnah House’, the home of a senior army commander in Lahore Cantonment. Khan’s arrest on Tuesday by the Pakistan Rangers at the IHC compound sparked unrest in Pakistan, which continued till Friday. During this, many people lost their lives and dozens of military and other government establishments were damaged by the protesters. For the first time in Pakistan’s history, protesters stormed the Army Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi and set fire to the Corps Commander’s house in Lahore.