The president of the Supreme Court of Pakistan (CJP), Yahya Afridi, raised questions about some observations made by the Superior Court of Lahore (LHC) on the bail plants of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in eight cases of May 9.
In November 2024, an anti -terrorism court in Lahore had denied Imran’s bond in cases related to the disturbances of May 9, 2023, including an attack against the House of the commander of the Lahore body.
The guilt of the leader of the imprisoned PTI that was also rejected by the LHC on June 24. Subsequently, days later, Imran transferred to the Supreme Court against the decision of the Superior Court.
A three -member bank led by CJP Afridi, which also included Judges Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui and Miangul Hassan Aurengzeb, resumed when listening to the bail plants today.
The lawyer Salman Safdar appeared on behalf of Imran, while the special prosecutor of Punjab, Zulfiqar Naqvi, represented the State.
During the audience, the CJP Afridi took note of some “findings” issued by the LHC in its detailed verdict of dismissing the Imran bail supplications.
“Can final observations be given in a bail case?” The president of the Supreme Court questioned rhetorically.
Based on the same principle, he said: “For now, we will not touch if the findings in this case are correct or not. We will not enter the legal matters at this time.
“If we touch the legal findings, then the case of anyone [party] It can be affected, ”said CJP Afridi.
He directed the advice of both respondents to help the court with legal questions and complete their preparations for the next hearing.
“The Supreme Court will not issue any finding of this type that may affect the case,” the superior judge reiterated.
At one point, Safdar asked the court to allow him to speak in the gallery, but CJP Afridi denied that supplication.
Subsequently, the Bank issued notices to the Punjab government and postponed the audience until August 19.
‘Evidence designed and manufactured’
A bank of two SC members had assumed the supplications of Imran’s bond on June 29, but postponed the audience without issuing notices since Safdar could not appear.
Imran’s appeal, presented through Safdar, said that the founder of PTI has been accused of conspiring and inciting violence on May 9.
However, at the time of the alleged crime, Imran was under the custody of the National Responsibility Office. Therefore, his participation in violence was “impossible,” the petition argued.
Regarding the rejection of LHC of bail supplications, the new appeal said that the court was based on “evidence designed and manufactured” that included “discredited statements, discredited and delayed by police officers.”
In its detailed verdict, the LHC Bank of two members comprised of Judge Syed Shahbaz Ali Rizvi and Tariq Mahmood Bajwa observed that the Prosecutor’s Office had evidence that reflected the role of Imran in the violence that exploded on May 9 after his arrest.
The Bank reproduced the statements of two police officers and prosecution witnesses, who claimed to have secretly assisted PTI meetings in which Imran supposedly instructed other leaders to attack military facilities in case of their imminent arrest of the Superior Court of Islamabad (IHC).
The meetings allegedly were held in a rest area of Chakri, Rawalpindi, on May 4 and at the residence of the Zaman Park of Imran in Lahore from May 7 to 9, 2023.
