Former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s detention extended for another 14 days

The hearing on the case in question was held in a prison in the Attock region, in the northeast of the country, where Khan is currently being held for security reasons.

In the hearing held after Imran Khan’s three-year prison sentence was postponed yesterday in the corruption trial case and released on bail, Judge Abul Hasnat extended Han’s detention period until on September 13, at the request of the prosecution, accused of revealing state secrets.

His lawyer, Salman Safdar, speaking to reporters after his release from prison, stated that they opposed the extension of Han’s detention as unreasonable and unconstitutional, and petitioned the court for his release on bail. It is reported that the hearing on the petition will take place on September 2.

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had sued former Prime Minister Khan and his aides for violating the State Secrets Act.

THE UNITED STATES WAS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH ITS NEUTRAL ATTITUDE

The news website The Intercept, which broadcasts in the United States, claimed to have reached the document of the secret meeting allegedly held on March 7, 2022, between the former US ambassador to Pakistan, Esad Majid Khan, and two State Department officials. US.

According to the news, based on the document supposedly belonging to the Pakistani government and containing the content of the meeting, the US side conveyed its discomfort to former ambassador Majid Khan over the neutral stance of former Pakistani Prime Minister in the Russia-Ukraine war.

Donald Lu, deputy assistant secretary of state for the Office of Central and South Asian Affairs, who participated in the meeting, vowed to establish warmer relations between Washington and Islamabad if the no-confidence vote on Han is accepted, saying, “I think yes If the motion of no confidence against the Prime Minister is successful, in Washington everything will be forgiven, because the visit to Russia is considered a decision of the Prime Minister.To be honest, I think that the isolation of the Prime Minister from the United States and Europe (si remains in office) will be strong.”

One day after the meeting, said to have been held on March 7, 2022, opposition parties in Pakistan submitted a “vote of no confidence” motion against former Prime Minister Imran Khan to the Secretary of the Assembly Speaker. National.

A month after the meeting, the government of Imran Khan, which received 174 “no” votes in the no-confidence motion held in the Pakistani Parliament on April 10, 2022, fell. (AA)