Islamabad (Web Desk): An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in the federal capital on Thursday issued bailable arrest warrants for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former premier Imran Khan in three cases regarding violence outside the Federal Judicial Complex (FJC) and the Islamabad High Court (IHC) earlier this year.
Judge Abul Hasnat heard the cases against the PTI chairman.
During today's the hearing Imran’s legal team had requested an exemption from the hearing for their client, to which the judge remarked that the PTI chief must appear in court.
Khan's lawyer Advocate Sardar Masroof informed the court that his client had to appear in the Lahore High Court (LHC) today, due to which he would not be able to come to Islamabad.
The court issued bailable arrest warrants for former premier and other PTI leaders, including Farrukh Habib, Senator Shibli Faraz and Imran’s nephew Hassaan Niazi in the case of allegedly attacking the FJC.
Later, the court adjourned the hearing till July 19, summoning the PTI chief and other suspects in the cases in person on the same day.
It is pertinent to mention that March this year, two cases were registered in Islamabad's Ramna police station against the PTI chief in which he was accused of leading mobs to the FJC and the IHC during his appearances there.