How many cases are registered, in how many challans have been collected and when was the nomination made in which case? All records should be presented, remarks by Justice Anwar-ul-Haq Pannu of Lahore High Court
Lahore - The Lahore High Court has asked the Prosecutor General Punjab for a detailed report on the cases registered against PTI founder Imran Khan yesterday. Accumulated and when named in which case? All records should be presented. A two-member bench comprising Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh and Justice Anwar-ul-Haq of the Lahore High Court heard Imran Khan's pleas against physical remand in 12 cases.
Prosecutor General Punjab Farhad Ali Shah appeared on the court order. Founder PTI's lawyer Salman Safdar argued that the anti-terrorism court judge gave the biggest illegal remand in the history of Pakistan.
The procedure adopted for remand is illegal. Justice Anwar-ul-Haq Pannu remarked that you should state the basic facts of the case, to which lawyer Salman Safdar said that the basic facts of the case are that on May 9, the petitioner was in the Islamabad High Court. were present
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The petitioner was illegally abducted from the Islamabad High Court's biometric room. The lawyer further said that the Supreme Court had declared Imran Khan's arrest illegal at that time. From May 9 to May 12, the petitioner was cut off from the world. There was a public reaction to the arrest of founder PTI, which Imran Khan was completely unaware of. Cases registered?
Prosecutor General Punjab informed the court that 37 cases have been registered after May 9. There were 18 cases in Lahore, in which Imran Khan is nominated in 7. The PTI lawyer replied that I had 300 letters of attorney and they have expired. Now I don't know how many more attorney letters are needed. Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh remarked that in how many cases in the entire Punjab Imran Khan is nominated and how many were nominated through supplementary statement? Tell me in how many cases Imran Khan has been arrested.
Justice Anwar-ul-Haq Pannu said that how many cases have received complete challans and how many cases have incomplete challans? Lawyer Salman Safdar said that according to my information, 20 cases have been named through supplementary statements. Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh said that now it has gone beyond 37. The applicant has been with you for 14 months so far what are the reasons for doing or not doing an inclusive investigation? The Prosecutor General Punjab said that in these cases, as the evidence kept coming forward, people's statements kept coming up and arrests were made.
Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh said that these cases will continue for the rest of his life. Justice Anwar-ul-Haq Pannu said that the accused has already been investigated in the cases in which remand has been taken. Justice Tariq Saleem Shaikh should tell that in 37 cases there are allegations of the same nature, then what is the need for repeated investigations? Prosecutor General Farhad Ali Shah started the arguments and said that this is the first case that has come before the court that the accused was brought on video link due to the circumstances.
Indian court has made rules on video link. The lawyer of the accused has requested to present Imran Khan himself in the courts on video link. The court has received a detailed report from the Prosecutor General regarding the cases filed against Imran Khan. The court has asked the Prosecutor General Punjab regarding the cases of founder PTI. Adjourned the proceedings till tomorrow, directing to submit all the records
