A session court in Islamabad hearing the Toshakhana case against the PTI chief Imran Khan, on Tuesday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against the former Pakistan Prime Minister over his persistent absence.
Following the news of the issuance of the arrest warrant, the cricketer-turned-politician’s vehicle reached the gates of the Islamabad High Court, Dawn reported.
Meanwhile, the Islamabad Police revealed that they detected a suspicious person near the former Prime Minister’s car and urged the people outside the court to not create a ruckus.
The police also warned that they will use tear gas if the situation goes out of hand as the DIG operations has also reached the spot to take control of the situation.
The Tuesday decision was announced by additional sessions judge Zafar Iqbal. According to the Pakistani news outlet, Dawn, the arrest warrant was issued just hours before he secured bail in two other cases. The cases pertaining to prohibiting funding and terrorism. ATC judge Raja Jawad heard the terror case and granted bail till March 9 against submission of surety bonds worth PKR Rs 1,00,000, while judge Rakhshanda Shaheen confirmed his bail in the prohibited funding case.
It is to be noted that Khan was scheduled to appear before three courts on Tuesday to attend the hearings of multiple cases. These included a prohibited funding case in a banking court, an anti-terrorism case, and the Toshakhana and an attempt to murder cases in the same court.
