IHC bars police from arresting Imran Khan in Toshakhana case

Islamabad – The arrest warrants issued by the lower court in the Toshakhana case against Imran Khan were suspended by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday. After the PTI petitioned against warrants scheduled for hearing earlier in the day, IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq made the decision. Earlie, the registrar’s office objected to the petition on the grounds that the former prime minister had not submitted it after undergoing biometric verification. Additionally, it explained how the high court could reopen a case after rendering a decision.

A legal team of the former prime minister had filed the petition in the IHC as the district and sessions court has summoned him on March 18 to attending the hearing he has skipped for four times. Imran Khan’s lawyer Khawaja Harris has plead the high court to shift the case from the court of the Additional Sessions Judge Zafar Iqbal. He also asked the IHC to accept an undertaking and cancel the arrest warrants issued against his client.