• Ar
  • Es
Al Mayadeen English

Slogan

  • News
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Sports
    • Arts&Culture
    • Health
    • Miscellaneous
    • Technology
    • Environment
  • Articles
    • Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Blog
    • Feature
  • Videos
  • Infographs
  • In Pictures
  • • LIVE
News
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts&Culture
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Technology
  • Environment
Articles
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Blog
  • Feature
Videos
Infographs
In Pictures
  1. Home
  2. News
  3. Asia
  4. Imran Khan granted bail in more cases, warns of his re-arrest
Asia

Imran Khan granted bail in more cases, warns of his re-arrest

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 17 May 09:28
  • 2 Shares

Imran Khan asks his followers to continue to hold peaceful protests amid fears of his imminent re-arrest.

  • Former Prime Minister Imran Khan gestures while addressing his supporters during a campaign meeting ahead of general elections in Karachi, Pakistan. (Reuters)
    Former Prime Minister Imran Khan gestures while addressing his supporters during a campaign meeting ahead of general elections in Karachi, Pakistan. (Reuters)

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been granted bail in numerous more cases as he continues to warn that the military eyes rearresting him imminently.

Khan, who is accused of more than 100 offenses, was given bail by courts in Islamabad and Lahore in a number of cases, including allegations of terrorism and corruption.

Khan's attorneys also came before the Lahore high court, claiming that other "secret cases" had been filed against him without their knowledge, and they were seeking bail in all of the cases. The court has reserved its decision until later in the week.

Bushra Bibi, Khan's wife, had been given bail in a corruption case the day before after Khan warned in a string of tweets that the military intended to detain her as part of a plot to "humiliate" him.

This is happening as the crackdown on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) opposition party shows no sign of let-up as senior officials, Shehryar Afridi and Fayyaz ul Hassan Chohan, were detained on Tuesday in relation to the nationwide demonstrations that broke out last week, Pakistani broadcaster ARY News reported, citing the police.

The government and military also intensified their rhetoric against pro-Imran protesters across Pakistan last week, accusing Khan and PTI members of conspiring to ignite violence.

The Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, said during a meeting with the country’s national security committee on Tuesday, “I believe that whoever planned this and incited the vandalism, they are certainly guilty of terrorism.”

Shockingly, the army declared its intention to charge civilians who had taken part in "violent attacks on military and government buildings" under the Pakistan Army Act, which is normally reserved for military servicemen.

It was denounced by one politician from the ruling coalition as a “dangerous move” while Amnesty’s deputy regional director for South Asia, Dinushika Dissanayake, labeled it “alarming” and warned that “trying civilians in military courts is contrary to international law.”

  • Imran Khan
  • Pakistan
  • violent protests
  • bail

Trending Now

All
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party activists and supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan brutally beaten by police in Peshawar, Pakistan, May 10, 2023. (AFP Photo)

8 killed in crackdown on Imran Khan supporters, former FM arrested

Most Read

London posts job ad for mercenaries for Ukraine counteroffensive

London posts job ad for mercenaries for Ukraine's counteroffensive

  • Africa
  • 24 May
The Middle East Stabilises, Against the Backdrop of a Great Unravelling

The Middle East Stabilises, Against the Backdrop of a Great Unravelling

  • Analysis
  • 28 May
In this image released by the Italian firefighters, a helicopter searches for missing passengers after a tourist boat capsized in a storm on Italy's Lago Maggiore in the northern Lombardy region, May 28, 2023 (AP)

Top Israeli intelligence official dead in Italy: Israeli media

  • Europe
  • 29 May
The domestically produced C919 passenger jet flies at the China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, Peoeple's Republic of China, 8 November 2022. (Reuters)

China is set to launch first commercial flight on its C919 plane

  • Asia
  • 26 May

Read this

All
Chief of the Australian Defence Force Gen. Angus Campbell bites his lips while delivering the findings from the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Afghanistan Inquiry, in Canberra, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. (AP)
Asia Pacific

Australian Defense bans drinking while deployed due to war crimes

  • 30 May
Elon Musk
Asia

Musk in China, Tesla to continue expanding business with Asian giant

  • 30 May
The US Treasury Building is viewed in Washington, US on May 4, 2021. (AP)
US & Canada

US issues new sanctions on Syria, targets two money service businesses

  • 30 May
Casualties in Ukraine strike on evacuee housing centers in Belgorod
Europe

Casualties in Ukraine strike on evacuee housing center in Belgorod

  • 30 May
Al Mayadeen English

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel.

All Rights Reserved

  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
Android
iOS