IHC bars authorities from arresting Imran Khan till May 17 in any case

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday granted protective bail to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan in Al-Qadir Trust case.

The former prime minister — who was arrested from the premises of the IHC on Tuesday — was granted 15-day protective bail by the two-member special division bench, comprising of Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb and Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz.

The special division bench was formed by IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq to hear the former prime minister’s bail plea a day after Supreme Court termed Khan’s arrest in the Al-Qadir Trust case “unlawful”.