ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday extended former prime minister Imran Khan’s blanket bail until the end of the month, local media widely reported, while hearing his party’s petition seeking details of all the cases against him.
Khan has become tangled in a slew of legal cases, a frequent hazard for opposition figures in Pakistan, since his ouster from power in a no-confidence vote in April last year.
The former prime minister’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party says there are over a hundred cases against him.
The IHC had accepted Khan’s blanket bail in all cases just a few days after his arrest by paramilitary Rangers on the instructions of the country’s anti-graft body from its compound.
“The Islamabad High Court has extended its orders against [Khan’s] arrest in further cases till May 31,” Geo News said. “The development comes during the hearing of PTI’s plea seeking details of all cases filed against Khan claiming that the PTI chief is booked in more 100 cases.”
The government’s legal team requested the court for some time to provide details of the cases.
The court adjourned the hearing until May 31 while extending Khan’s blanket bail until its next proceedings.
Senior leaders and workers of Khan’s PTI party have faced a massive crackdown against them. Many among the top tier leadership of the party continue to remain under arrest, though some PTI members have also managed to secure bail and have been released by the authorities.