“We have been considering this since yesterday, but Imran Khan has a security issue,” Safdar replied, adding that Imran had come to court today accompanied by his security team. Justice Sheikh, however, told him that they should have approached the Islamabad High Court instead. Safdar argued that Imran’s “conduct is in front of everyone cases are being filed against him, which we are facing”. “According to me, there is no such law ,” Justice Sheikh responded. “We have requested an extension in the bail which was already granted,” he said.

“Imran Khan is a former prime minister and has security threats,” the lawyer said, lamenting that the PTI chief had “no security”. In the present circumstances, he cannot appear before the judicial complex in Islamabad, Imran’s lawyer added. Safdar told the court that Imran had not “misused the bail” and that two new cases had been filed against him in Islamabad.

The hearingĪt the outset of the hearing, Imran’s lawyer Barrister Safdar said that his client “stood outside the judicial complex for 40 minutes to get bail in these cases”. “The law of the jungle is prevailing here,” he added. “In this way, they can say they don’t have any money.” “If the ECP decision is not quashed, how will elections take place in October?” he responded. As he arrived outside the courtroom, Imran was asked by a reporter whether he thought the Election Commission of Pakistan’s deferral of the Punjab elections to October would be struck down by the Supreme Court.

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