ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Thursday granted 14-day protective bail to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman in a senior Supreme Court lawyer’s murder case.
The former premier along with others was booked in the case of Abdul Razzaq Shar, who was shot dead by armed motorcyclists on Airport Road in Quetta, Balochistan, on Wednesday.
A first information report (FIR) had been registered on the complaint of the slain lawyer’s son advocate Siraj Ahmed in Quetta, under the charges of murder, Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) and other provisions.
The ousted prime minister is due to appeal to several other courts for bail on a growing list of charges against him in a bid to avert his arrest.
He first appeared before the high court where a two-member bench, headed by the IHC chief justice conducted a hearing on the plea filed in the lawyer’s murder case.
The court also directed the PTI cheif to appear before the court after two weeks.
Meanwhile, a set of fresh pleas was filed in the IHC earlier in the day, for ex-PM’s bail in five new cases related to the May 9 protests and another case of fake Toshakhana receipt.
The counsel had requested an immediate hearing on the pleas today.
