The district and sessions court of Islamabad on Tuesday extended interim bails of former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman and her wife Bushra Bibi in seven cases until Dec 19 and Jan 2, respectively.
Additional District and Sessions Judge Tahir Abbas Sipra conducted hearing of six cases against the PTI founder and one case against Bushra.
Former PTI chairman’s counsel Khalid Yousaf Chaudhry said an anti-terrorism court had already granted the PTI founder bails in three cases.
Chaudhry said his client was not present on the incident scene and the court had issued a production order to attend hearing.
The court inquired about the production order and asked why the prosecutor was not present in the courtroom. Chaudhry, responding to the court’s inquiry, said police did not want to produce the ex-PTI chairman in court.
The judge, reacting to Chaudhry’s allegation, said the PTI had started the tradition of calling court to their homes. PTI’s counsel said the ex-chairman had always been attending courts. He said in application for pre-arrest bail it was necessary for the petitioner to attend court.
