Judge-threatening case: Imran's non-bailable arrest warrant

 As one more help for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan for the afternoon, a neighborhood court in Islamabad suspended the non-bailable warrant of arrest the previous head in the appointed authority compromising case, till tomorrow (Friday). 

  

Judicial Magistrate Malik Aman issued the PTI chief's arrest warrant on Wednesday. 

  

In this case, the charges stem from a speech Khan allegedly gave last year in which he allegedly threatened police and a female judge after Shahbaz Gill, one of his close aides, was denied bail in a sedition case. 

  

Since he was ousted in a confidence vote in April of last year by a united opposition led by his successor, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the cricket star turned politician has been plagued by legal issues. 

  

According to the laws of the land, a politician who has been convicted is likely to be disqualified for at least five years. 

  

During a hearing at a district and sessions court in the federal capital, Imran Khan's attorneys Ali Bukhari and Faisal Chaudhry appeared before Additional Sessions Judge Sikandar Khan. 

  

Faisal Chaudhry, who was arguing the case, said that the judicial magistrate's decision to issue non-bailable arrest warrants was illegal because he hadn't followed all of the specific instructions from the additional sessions court judge on certain points. 

  

In the meantime, Bukhari maintained that a bailable warrant had to be issued first, so a non-bailable warrant could not be issued. 

  

He also read the order suspending the arrest warrant for the former premier that was issued in the Toshakhana case. 

  

He reiterated his threats to Khan regarding his security and stated that Khan's appearance in court was perilous due to an assassination attempt on the PTI chief's life and the government's withdrawal of security. 

  

Bukhari further expressed that Khan wasn't requesting to be released from the case yet and that a lawful system ought to be taken up. 

  

Faisal Chaudhry said that even the administration changed the court because of the serious security threats posed by the former premier, so Khan's non-bailable arrest warrant should be suspended. 

  

The non-bailable arrest warrant was suspended at this point, and notices were sent to the parties.