ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) filed a petition in Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday, seeking details of cases registered against its chairman Imran Khan, other leaders and party workers with all the law enforcement agencies.

The petition filed by the secretary generalof the PTI requested the court to restrain the Islamabad police from registering cases against the party leadership and workers on random complaints.

The petition cited the federation, interior ministry, the capital police, Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) as respondents.

It said the police had registered over 100 first information reports (FIRs) against the former prime minister and dozens of cases against the party’s other leaders and workers while scores of them were arrested. It said some party workers have also gone missing.

The petition termed it a violation of fundamental rights of Mr Khan and party leadership and workers.

It requested the court to issue a direction to the relevant government functionaries and stop them from misusing their offices.

The petition urged the court to direct the police and other law enforcement agencies to restrain from registering cases against the PTI leadership on random complaints.

It pointed out that the registration of identical cases in Islamabad and other parts of country was sufficient to prove the mala fide intention of the government.

The petitioner also annexed summary of 121 cases registered against Mr Khan so far.

According to the details, the PTI chief is facing 31 cases in Islamabad, 30 in Lahore, 14 in Faisalabad and the remaining in rest of the country. The petition also requested the court to direct the relevant authorities to provide details of the cases registered against Mr Khan and other PTI leadership and workers.

Interim bail extended

The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) of Islamabad extended the interim bail of Mr Khan and PTI leaders Asad Umar, Asad Qaiser, Shibli Faraz, Omar Ayub Khan, Ali Nawaz Awan, Hammad Azhar, Azam Khan Swati, Raja Khurram Nawaz, Farrukh Habib, Zulfi Bukhari and Hassan Khan Niazi in a case related to violence in the Federal Judicial Complex.

The police have registered a case against them over violence during the appearance of Mr Khan in the complex on March 18. The court extended the bail till May 17.

Published in Dawn, May 3rd, 2023