A court has ordered that Imran Khan, the jailed founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and former prime minister, be produced before it in the case over the attack on the Judicial Complex in Islamabad.
Judge Tahir Abbas Sipra gave the order at a hearing in Islamabad on Monday (5 October).
When Imran Khan went to the Judicial Complex in 2023 to seek bail in a case, his supporters caused a major disturbance there, breaking through the security gate, entering the premises and vandalising property.
Police filed a case under the anti-terrorism law after that incident. The PTI leader has been in prison in various cases since August 2023.
At Monday’s hearing the judge ordered that Imran Khan must either be brought to court in person or connected by video link at the next hearing. The court also declared Farrukh Habib, Hammad Azhar, Murad Saeed and Shibli Faraz absconders for failing to appear in the case and asked for details of their property.
Non-bailable arrest warrants were issued for former Punjab Assembly deputy speaker Wasiq Qayyum Abbasi and PTI leader Hassan Niazi. The next hearing in the case will be held on 5 November.
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