Will fight till last ball, says Pakistan's Imran Khan after court extends interim bail
Imran Khan.
Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan said he “will continue to fight till the end” after his interim pre-arrest bail was extended by Lahore's anti-terrorism court till June 2 in three terrorism-related cases.
PTI Chairman Khan has approached an anti-terrorism court in Lahore for interim bail in three cases. One of the cases was related to the attack that took place on the Lahore Corps Commander House.
The pleas were filed by Barrister Salman Safdar on behalf of the PTI chief. In the pleas submitted, the court was appealed to grant bail to Khan so that he could join the investigation.
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Speaking to media persons inside the courtroom, Khan said, "I have never seen this kind of crackdown in the last 35 years. I am a captain who will fight till the last ball."
“It seems as if all civil liberties and all fundamental rights are finished, only the courts are protecting human rights now,” he added.
Khan further condemned the attack on the Corps Commanders house in Lahore.
Imran Khan’s bail
The court granted bail to Imran Khan in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) activist Zille Shah murder case and Jinnah House vandalism case.
Khan's lawyer Barrister Salman Safder filed a petition and asserted "a groundless case" has been registered against the former prime minister in the Zille Shah murder case.
The plea stated that Khan has been a victim of vendetta politics and that the leader has been singled out because of political reasons, reported Samaa TV.
The petition stated that Khan must be granted interim bail in the Zille Shah murder case because of security concerns.
According to the investigation report submitted by the police, PTI activist Zille Shah was hit by a car when he was crossing the road in Lahore. Shah was rushed to Services Hospital, however, he succumbed to his injuries.
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The PTI party claimed that Zille Shah did not die in an accident but was murdered. A post-mortem report was cited by the party which stated that Shah was severely tortured.
Violent protests broke out on May 9 after Imran Khan's sudden arrest in the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case.
A dozen military installations were vandalised by his party workers, which included the Jinnah House (Lahore Corps Commander's house), the Mianwali airbase and the ISI building in Faisalabad.
The mob had also attacked the Army headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi, as per reports.
So far, more than 7,000 PTI workers have been arrested by law enforcement agencies, 4,000 of them are from Punjab and have been charged with vandalising and torching civil and military installations.
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