Islamabad (Staff Report/Agencies): The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday ordered Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan to appear before the court on July 24 (Monday) in the matter pertaining to his application filed against his nomination in a case concerning the murder of a lawyer in Quetta.
A three-member bench comprising Justice Yahya Afridi, Justice Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi and Justice Mussarat Hilali heard Khan’s plea.
“The petitioner has to surrender before the court to get relief,” Justice Afridi remarked during the hearing.
The former premier had moved the apex court against his nomination in the case related to advocate Abdul Razzaq Shar’s shooting in Quetta.
Shar was gunned down by unidentified people on three motorcycles while he was on his way to the Balochistan High Court (BHC) on June 6.
A first information report (FIR) had been registered against Khan and others 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.
