Lahore:
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan has once again sought early hearings of his guarantee applications after the occasion of eight cases filed against him in the wake of May 9, 2023 events of vandalism.
In his application, he has raised concerns about the prosecutor’s failure to appear before the court during the hearings and the dissolution of a bench that was previously constituted to hear his bail.
The petition filed on behalf of Imran Khan by his lawyer Barrister Salman Safdar declared that the PTI founder filed a civilian various application for early hearing of his guarantee care on March 18, but none of the complaints or prosecutors appeared on the planned date.
It said a division bench of the LHC was scheduled to hear IMRAN’s postal fees on March 24, but the bench was dissolved at the eleventh hour and the causal list of bail systems was canceled.
Imran claimed that Anti-Terrorism Court (III) in Lahore has confirmed his bail before occasion in two cases in connection with May revolt followed by the award of Bails after the occasion of four cases.
“Observations of LHC and Judge ATC (III) and Judge ATC (I), Rawalpindi are sufficient reason to give bail to the petitioner in a case made by ‘political rivals’,” the petition said.
It said that both orders relating to the same claims remain in effect and have not been overturned by Superior Court. “The immediate case needs to be heard quickly as the petitioner has cogent and compelling reason for the allocation of bails after arrest,” added it
Meanwhile, LHC’s Justice Khalid Ishaq is scheduled to hold on April 7 additional procedures on a plea seeking the implementation of the Supreme Court July 12 with regard to the award of reserved seats to PTI in the National Assembly.
Senter Munir Ahmed filed this Pela through attorney Azhar Siddique, where he requested the court to order the quarters concerned to implement the SC decision that resurrected PTI as a parliamentary party.
Siddique claimed that despite SC’s clear decision, the Election Commission in Pakistan (ECP) has not yet issued any notification of the allocation of reserved seats to the party “, which means the contempt of the court”.
“The ECP does not implement the decision as stated in accordance with Article 189 of the Constitution for which Article 204 is already in place. At the same time, LHC jurisdiction has given the Constitution’s Article 187 (2) of the Constitution to implement the decision or to enforce it,” added it.
Meanwhile, an LHC bench order reserved on a petition filed against the detention law. Chief Justice Aalia Neelum President of the hearing on a petition filed by Zainab Umair.
