Islamabad:
The Supreme Court scheduled for August 12 at the hearing of Pakistan Tehreek-E-insaf (PTI), the founding president, the bailing petitions of President Imran Khan in the affairs related to the riots of May 9.
A bench of three members, led by the chief judge of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi, will take charge of the case.
The Supreme Court had previously postponed the hearing for requests for freeing under bail of the ex-preminant imprisoned in the eight cases from May 9 until August 12, without issuing opinions requested by his lawyer.
In November 2024, an anti -terrorist courtyard of Lahore refused to grant Imran’s surety in affairs related to the riots of May 9, 2023, which included an attack on the residence of the Lahore Corps commander.
His later challenge to this decision was rejected by the High Court of Lahore (LHC) on June 24.
The former Prime Minister approached the Supreme Court to contest the rejection by the LHC of his pleads of release under bail. The appeal, filed by the main lawyer Salman Safdar, argued that Imran had been accused of “conspiracy and encouraging violence on May 9”.
He argued that at the time of alleged incidents, Imran was in the custody of the National Accountability Bureau, making his involvement in “impossible” disorders.
The petition also allegedly alleged that the founder of the PTI had faced an “unprecedented political victimization campaign” since his withdrawal of his duties two years earlier.
Contesting the LHC verdict, the petition said that the court had relied on “evidence designed and manufactured”, in particular “discredited and delayed declarations of the police”.
Meanwhile, the Superior Court was four benches for its Islamabad register, two for the Peshawar register and two for the Lahore register for the next judicial week.
The bench of three members, led by CJ Afridi and including judge Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui and judge Mian Gul Hassan Aurangzeb, will take on the bonds on bail of Imran on August 12.
The Registraire SC office published the list of causes for hearing in eight calls and sent opinions to the legal team of the PTI founder incarcerated.
In addition, the list of causes and the list of judges for next week have also been published. In the Peshawar register, two benches will hear cases. The first, led by judge Jamal Khan Mandokhail, will include Judge Musarrat Hilali and judge Shakeel Ahmad.
The second will include judge Muhammad Hashim Khan Kakar and judge Ishtiaq Ibrahim.
For the Lahore register, two benches were formed. The first is made up of judge Mansoor Ali Shah and judge Ayesha Malik, while the second includes judge Shahid Waheed and judge Shahid Bilal Hassan.
The two benches will hear cases deposited in the Lahore register.
In the Islamabad register, four benches have been set up. The first includes CJ Yahya Afridi, judge Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui and judge Mian Gul Hassan Aurangzeb. The second is composed of the Judge Aminuddin Khan and the Judge Naeem Akhtar Afghan.
The third includes judge Athar Minallah and judge Ali Baqar Najafi, while the fourth includes judge Malik Shahzad Ahmad and judge Salahuddin Panhwar.
Meanwhile, on Saturday, CJ Yahya Afridi visited the polyclinic hospital for a medical examination, where he underwent an examination of the view.
