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PML-N, PPP take exception to Imran’s bail in cipher case

report in Daily Times, Dec 24, 2023The Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Saturday expressed disapproval of the Supreme Court ruling in the cipher case giving relief to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan. The comments from the senior party leaders came following the ex-PTI chairman’s bail a day earlier. During a media talk in Lahore, senior PML-N leader Malik Ahmad Khan wondered how Imran Khan could be spared for his…

Imran ‘fears for his life’ after relief denied in cipher case

by Malik Asad in Dawn, Oct 28th, 2023• IHC rejects ex-PM’s petitions and immunity claims; notes he apparently committed an offence under Official Secrets Act• PTI chief ‘may face death penalty or up to 14 years imprisonment’• Refuses to record statement in May 9 case; Qureshi questioned in Adiala Jail ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday declined bail to detained former prime minister Imran Khan in a case in which he has been…

Nawaz’s legal team all set to move IHC for relief

By Malik Asad in Dawn, October 17th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The legal team of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has completed its preparations to procure protective bail for the elder Sharif, with at least three petitions likely to be filed in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) in the coming days, seeking relief in the Avenfield, Al-Azizia and Toshakhana cases. The PML-N supreme leader is all set to return to Lahore on October 21, where he is slated…

Any relief for Imran has to come from courts, not govt: PM

Report in Dawn, October 1st, 2023KARACHI: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar has said that relief from the courts is the only option available to PTI Chairman Imran Khan, if he seeks to contest the general elections. In an interview with BBC Urdu, Mr Kakar said if “judicial remedy” did not work out for Mr Khan and if he was not able to get relief from the courts, then he would have to face the…

Glimmer of hope for PTI in CJ’s final days

by Hasnaat Malik in The Express Tribune, Aug 22, 2023ISLAMABAD: As the clock ticks towards his retirement, Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial has kept the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) hopes of finding relief in crucial matters alive. The chief justice of Pakistan has formed a special bench to take up Imran Khan’s three pending petitions, which were filed during his trial in the Toshakhana (gift repository) case. The bench will take up the case…