An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Thursday extended the interim bail of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and former prime minister Imran Khan in Jinnah House attack case.
As per details, the ATC judge ArshadJaved heard the interim bail pleas in three cases including Jinnah House attack. The court extended the interim bail till April 16 and told the PTI founder Imran Khan’s lawyer Salman Safdar to present arguments at the next hearing. On Feb 28, an Islamabad court acquitted PTI founder Imran Khan, Asad Umar, Faisal Javed and others in a protest and vandalism case.
PTI founder Imran Khan, Asad Umar, Faisal Javed Khan, Raja KhurramShahzad Nawaz, AbidHussain, Ali Nawaz Awan, Zaheer Khan and others were booked at Tarnol police station on February 26, 2022. Judicial magistrate Muhammad Shahbir has issued the release verdict by accepting their acquittal pleas in the case.—INP