The Supreme Court’s Registrar Office refused to entertain on Monday a petition challenging ‘political victimisation’ and denial of ‘right to fair trial’ over rejected pre-arrest bail pleas of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan.
A constitutional petition was filed before the top court on Imran’s behalf seeking relief in cases wherein his pre-arrest bail pleas were rejected on technical grounds.
The petition invoked Article 184(3) of the Constitution of Pakistan, with prayer to protect the fundamental rights of the petitioner and set aside the trial court’s dismissals of pre-arrest bail pleas.
It further moved the court to restrain the relevant authorities from arresting the PTI chief in cases “where his pre-arrest bail applications were dismissed without due consideration of cases merits, thereby ensuring his rightful access to fair trial,” according to the notice issued by the SC registrar office.
