Pakistan's ex-Premier Imran Khan gets bail in multiple cases
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Islamabad on Tuesday granted bail to Pakistan's former Premier Imran Khan in multiple cases. The court approved the bail, while hearing the PTI chief's plea, till June 8.
Imran Khan, who has more than 100 cases filed against him since being removed from power previous year in April, traveled to the capital Islamabad on Tuesday to appear before the ATC. The ATC granted bail to Khan in at least eight cases until June 8, according to Pakistani broadcasters.
Various cases have been filed against Imran Khan after violence erupted outside the Judicial Complex Islamabad during one of his appearances before the court in March.
Accompanied by his wife Bushra Bibi, Imran Khan is now set to appear before the anti-graft watchdog National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in a case pertaining to the Al-Qadir Trust case.
According to Farrukh Habib, Imran Khan’s aide and the leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, there are 'around 150 cases' filed against Khan.
The South Asian nuclear country has been in the grip of a raging political turmoil, compounded by an ailing economy, since Imran Khan's ouster through a no-trust vote in April 2021. Imran Khan has demanded snap elections, which are otherwise scheduled for October this year.
He was arrested by the NAB, the country's anti-graft department, in connection with alleged corruption involving the Al Qadir University Trust. However, his arrest was declared illegal by the country's top court and later released on bail.
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