Shots fired outside Islamabad HC as Imran Khan prepares to leave home | World news
A shooting incident was reported outside the Islamabad High Court as former Prime Minister Imran Khan waited for safety, Dawn.com reported. Confirming the reports of the shooting incident, the Islamabad Police said there were no casualties. “All police officers are safe. Search teams are checking the area,” Islamabad Police said in a tweet.
The police said that shots were fired at their officers in the G-11 and G-13 sectors of the capital.
Separately, a Dawn.com correspondent at the Islamabad High Court said gunshots were also heard there, from where PTI chief Imran Khan has not left after hearings in several cases.
Dawn.com reporter said security was increased in the IHC area after gunshots were heard, but the situation has now returned to normal.
A Dawn.com reporter, who was on the scene, said that the bombers were posted in buildings in the High Court area.
This incident comes hours after the IHC barred the authorities from arresting PTI chairman Imran Khan in cases, including undisclosed ones, registered across the country till Monday, May 15, Dawn reported.
The court also granted protective bail to the former prime minister in three terrorism cases registered against him in Lahore and the Zille Shah death case.
Earlier in the day, a separate IHC bench granted Imran bail in the Al-Qadir Trust case for two weeks.
The verdict comes a day after the Supreme Court called his arrest “irregular and illegal”. It also stopped the authorities from arresting the PTI chief till June 17 in any case registered in Islamabad after June 9, Dawn reported.
A division bench, comprising Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb and Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz, granted Imran a two-week bail in the Al-Qadir Trust case, in connection with which the Rangers were fired from the Islamabad area on May 9.
PTI leader’s bail plea was heard and dismissed in court room No.2.
During the hearing, Justice Aurangzeb asked Imran if he was responsible for the violence that took place after his arrest, to which PTI’s chief lawyer replied in the affirmative. The judge then asked the former president to file a declaration in court stating the same.
After the hearing ended, Dawn.com correspondent outside the court said that a string of PTI workers and supporters celebrated on the street.
Separately, an IHC bench comprising Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri and Justice Ejaz Ishaq Khan granted PTI chief bail in three terrorism cases registered against him in Lahore for 10 days.
During the hearing, the PTI chief told the court that Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah had warned him to arrest him again, saying that there is no rule of law in the country at present.
Earlier, Justice Jahangiri also approved Imran’s bail in a case involving the death of Zille Shah, a PTI worker who was killed during a rally in Lahore earlier this year, for 10 days against PKR’s bail bonds 50,000, Dawn reported.
Unity of government – Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) leader Maulana Fazal-Ur-Rehman called the country to go to the Supreme Court and protest against the release of Imran Khan. He asked the members of the party to resort to violence if the law enforcement officers touch or injure them.
