Islamabad:
The main judge of the country has indicated that the Superior Court of Lahore (KHC) has not only discussed the merits of the cases presented against former Prime Minister Imran Khan in relation to the incidents in advance of May 9, but also has given a conclusive opinion on them while rejecting their bail plants.
“The question is whether the merits of a case can be discussed in an issue of bail,” asked Tuesday that the president of the Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi listened to the appeals of the founder of PTI against an LHC order.
A LHC division bank led by Judge Shahbaz Ali Rizvi on June 24 rejected Imran Khan’s bail requests in eight different cases of May 9 riots.
In his order, the LHC declared that the former prime minister was involved in the hatching of a conspiracy to attack the military facilities in case of his possible arrest since two police officers had given testimonies for that purpose.
The founder of PTI questioned the order in the Supreme Court, whose three members led by CJP Afridi, composed of Judge Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui and Judge Miangul Hassan Aurengzeb, did the matter on July 29.
During the procedures of Tuesday, the special prosecutor Zulfiqar Naqvi argued that the court had not issued any notice in this case. The CJP said a notice will be issued today.
CJ Afridi said the LHC in its decision on the bond had discussed the merits of the case and had even given a conclusive opinion. He questioned whether such findings could occur in a bail decision.
He addressed the parties to prepare arguments about the specific legal point of whether a conclusive opinion on merits can be given in a bail decision.
The CJ pointed out that before the clarification of that point, any part of the case would be allowed to present arguments about merits, since the case is still pending in the anti -terrorist courts (ATC).
Imran’s lawyer’s lawyer, Salman Safdar, suggested that it would be better if the hearing was scheduled before, but the court postponed the case until August 19.
