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May 9 Violence: Pak Court Confirms Interim Bail Of Imran Khan In 4 Cases

Pakistan’s Lahore court on Saturday has confirmed the interim bail of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan in 4 cases related to the May 9 violence and others.

The 71-year-old Pakistan-Tehreek-e-Insaf party founder is currently incarcerated at Rawalpindi’s high-security Adiala jail in many cases.
Last year on May 9, Khan’s PTI party workers vandalised a dozen military installations, including the Jinnah House (Lahore Corps Commander house), Mianwali air base, the ISI building in Faisalabad, and the Army headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi.

During the hearing of the bail petitions of Imran Khan on Friday, Anti-Terrorism Court Judge Arshad Javed confirmed Khan’s interim bail in 4 cases related to the May 9 violence and others.

The report stated that the court confirmed the interim bail of Khan in cases of attack on police outside Zaman Park, murder of PTI activist Zille Shah, torching of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) office in Model Town and a container at Kalma Chowk, subject to furnishing of surety bonds of PKR 500,000.

Another ATC Judge Naveed Iqbal extended the interim bail of the former premier in 3 cases of May 9 violence till March 7.

The report stated that the court extended the interim bail in cases of attacking the Jinnah House, Askari Tower and the torching of Shadman police station.

Meera Verma

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