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At Long Last, Imran Gets Bail Relief From SC
The Supreme Court cited inconsistencies in prosecution evidence and applied the principle of consistency, granting bail to Imran Khan in eight cases related to May 9 riots.
- Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi's appeals against their conviction in an Al-Qadir trust case will not be heard soon by the Islamabad High Court due to a backlog of cases.
- On May 9, 2023, Khan was arrested, triggering widespread violent protests by his supporters across Pakistan, leading to riots, vandalism, and clashes with security forces.
- In a relief for Khan, the Supreme Court granted him post-arrest bail in eight cases related to the May 9 riots, overturning a previous Lahore High Court order that had denied him bail.
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Pakistan’s ex-Premier Imran Khan remains jailed despite top court granting bail
FacebookLikeShareTweetEmail Pakistan’s top court Thursday granted bail to the country’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan in multiple cases related to attacks on military installations in May 2023, his lawyer said, but he remains behind bars over past corruption conviction. A three-member bench of Pakistan’s Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Yahya Afridi granted Khan’s […]
At long last, Imran gets bail relief from SC
In a significant relief, the apex court on Thursday set aside a Lahore High Court (LHC) order and granted post-arrest bails to former prime minister Imran Khan in eight different May 9 rioting cases. These cases, filed after attacks on military installations in the wake of Imran's first arrest on May 9, 2023 in a corruption case, are currently being heard by different anti-terrorism courts (ATCs), which have already found a number of PTI leaders…
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