ISLAMABAD:Just after granting a two-week protective bail to PTI Chairman Imran Khan in the Al-Qadir Trust case, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday also barred the authorities concerned from arresting him till May 17 in any new case filed after May 9.
Imran Khan, who was arrested from the IHC premises on May 9, was granted 15-day protective bail by a two-member IHC special division bench comprising Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb and Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz.
The Supreme Court on Thursday had termed Imran Khan’s arrest in the Al-Qadir Trust case “unlawful” and directed him to appear before the Islamabad High Court on Friday.
Ahead of Friday’s hearing, hundreds of police and paramilitary troops were deployed around the IHC and the surrounding area, which was blocked for traffic.
