Pakistan: Former PM Imran Khan may appear before Lahore High Court, Bail plea will be heard

The court will hear the bail application of Imran Khan in the case related to the violent demonstrations outside the Election Commission. It may be known that the activists of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) protested after the election commission disqualified 70-year-old Imran Khan. 

Police force deployed

Imran was disqualified by the commission last year in the banned funding case. According to Pakistani media, Khan may appear before the court for hearing on his bail application. The case will be heard by Justice Tariq Salim Sheikh. A large number of police forces have been deployed at the main gate of the court ahead of the hearing. 

The petition was rejected last year

Last week, an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Islamabad rejected Imran's plea to extend his interim bail in connection with the violent protests before the Election Commission of Pakistan. ATC judge Raja Jawad Abbas had said that Khan was given enough time to appear before the court, but he failed to appear before the court. His lawyer Babar Awan requested the court to grant him immunity till Imran recovers from the bullet attack last year. 

The judge refused to extend the interim bail

The judge rejected the plea and ordered that he would have to appear before the court. The court had said that they cannot give exemption to a powerful person like Imran, which is not given to a common man. Cricketer-turned-politician Imran was facing the threat of arrest after the judge refused to extend the interim bail in the case.

After Khan was disqualified for hiding information about party funding, PTI leaders had asked party workers to protest in front of the commission's office, including across the country.