Pakistan court grants interim bail to Imran Khan in terrorism case

An antiterrorism court in Pakistan on Thursday granted interim bail till September 1 to former prime minister Imran Khan in a terrorism case registered against him for threatening police judiciary and other state institutions during a rally in the capital last weekJudge Raja Jawad Abbas Hassan of the antiterrorism court here granted the bail to him till September 1 against a surety of Rs 100000 the Dawn News reportedThe Pakistan TehreekeInsaf PTI chiefs bail plea was filed in the court on Thursday prior to his arrival with the petitioner contending that the terrorism case against him was registered by police as an act of revengeSecurity was tightened around the Federal Judicial Complex where the hearing was held with police and Frontier Corps personnel deployed at the site Roads in the complexs surroundings were also blocked Khans party meanwhile called on supporters to come out on the streets and then head to Islamabad the next day if he is taken into custodyAlso Read Pakistans exPM Imran Khan moves court for prearrest bail in terrorism caseKhan 69 was booked under Section 7 of the AntiTerrorism Act punishment for acts of terrorism on Sunday for threatening a female judge and senior police officers at a public rally in Islamabad a day earlierIn his address Khan had threatened to file cases against top police officials a woman magistrate Election Commission of Pakistan and political opponents over the treatment meted out to his aide Shahbaz Gill who was arrested on charges of seditionAt the rally he had warned the judiciary against its biased attitude towards his party saying that it should brace itself for the consequencesThe former prime minister had also warned additional district and sessions judge Zeba Chaudhry who had approved the twoday physical remand of his aide Shahbaz Gills on the request of the capital police in a sedition case that she too would face dire consequencesThe PTI chief had threatened to file cases against Islamabads inspector general of police and deputy inspector general of police saying We wont spare youOn Monday the Islamabad High Court granted him protective bail for three days with the direction to seek bail from the sessions court before the expiry of the threeday periodThe FIR against Khan said that his speech had spread fear and uncertainty among the police judges and the nationThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever