Two weeks temporary bail for former Pakistani PM Khan
According to Geo News television, the trial of Khan’s case was held at the Islamabad High Court. The court granted “temporary bail” to Pakistan Justice Movement Party (PTI) leader Khan for 2 weeks. The decision prevents Han’s arrest for 2 weeks.
The decision comes after the Constitutional Court ruled Khan’s detention inside the Islamabad High Court compound “unlawful” and ordered the PTI leader’s immediate release.
The Constitutional Court ruled yesterday that Khan’s arrest was unlawful and that he must be released immediately. Following Han’s arrest on May 9, 9 protesters lost their lives in protests that began across the country, and many police vehicles and public property were damaged.
HAN GOVERNMENT FALLS ON 10 NIDAN 2022
In Pakistan’s parliamentary vote of no confidence on April 10, 2022, Imran Khan’s government fell with 174 votes in favor. Shahbaz Sharif, brother of Nawaz Sharif, who served as prime minister for three terms in the country, was elected prime minister with the support of an absolute majority with 174 votes in the election held in Parliament on April 11, 2022.
Khan started a march from Lahore to Islamabad on October 28, 2022, arguing that the coalition government did not declare early elections. Khan was wounded in both legs when his convoy was fired upon in Wazirabad on November 3, 2022. One person was killed and 13 others injured in the attack. On May 8, the Pakistani military described former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s allegations that a top intelligence official was behind his assassination as “irresponsible and baseless.”
Han was arrested on May 9 by decision of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). The development in question came after Khan accused a top intelligence official of being behind the assassination attempt against him.
CORRUPTION CHARGE
In June 2022, the coalition government claimed that Khan and his wife had bought billions of rupees worth of land from Pakistan’s top property magnate Malik Riaz to build an educational institute.
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) stated that Khan’s PTI government made a deal with Riaz, which caused more than $239 million in losses to the national treasury.
In December 2019, Riaz agreed to hand over assets, including $239 million worth of property, to the UK’s National Crime Agency as part of an investigation into “black money”.
Pakistani Home Minister Rana Sanaullah said British authorities returned $239 million to Pakistan in connection with money laundering, but Khan handed over the money to Riaz instead of keeping it in the national treasury. (AA)