Pakistan court grants interim bail to Imran Khan in false affidavits case

 

The Federal Investigation Agency last week filed the case against Mr. Khan, 69, and other senior leaders of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party on Tuesday. 

The former prime minister filed bail petition earlier Monday in the Special Court, where Judge Raja Asif Mehmood after hearing the argument granted interim bail till October 13 against surety bond of PKR 100,000. 

The FIA case is based on the last month decision by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in the prohibited funding case against the PTI, which stated that the party did indeed receive money from prohibited sources. The FIA already took into custody the two of the accused — Saifullah Khan Nyazee and Hamid Zaman. 

Last week, the Islamabad High Court had granted Khan a protective bail in the case till October 18 with the order to seek proper forum for proper bail. The cricketer-turned-politician, who came to power in 2018, is the only Pakistani Prime Minister to be ousted in a no-confidence vote in Parliament.