Lahore High Court adjourns proceedings of Imran Khan’s bail petitions

Islamabad: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday adjourned the proceedings of the bail petitions of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan in eight cases of the May 9 riots. The court’s decision came after the prosecution made the request, Dawn reported.

A two-judge bench led by Justice Syed Shahbaz Ali Rizvi heard Khan’s bail pleas. During the hearing, a prosecutor said that an anti-terrorism court had permitted conducting photogrammetric and polygraph tests of Khan in Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail in the May 9 cases and requested the bench defer the bail proceedings.

Imran Khan’s lawyer, Barrister Salman Safdar, opposed the postponement and questioned the decision to carry out these tests after almost two years. He said an accused didn’t need to be in prison for the probe. However, the bench adjourned the hearing till May 27 and requested more arguments from both sides.

On November 27, an anti-terrorism court denied bail to Imran Khan in eight cases. The bail petitions said that the prosecution was unable to establish the petitioner‘s association with the events narrated in the FIRs, Dawn reported. (ANI)

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