ISLAMABAD: The Registrar’s Office of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) voiced objections to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s plea challenging his arrest warrants in the Toshakhana case on Friday.
According to the office of the registrar, the PTI leader’s biometric information is unavailable. How can the Supreme Court hear the same case on which it has previously rendered a verdict? Also, the office questioned.
The former prime minister appealed the Islamabad court’s decision to deny his request for the stay of his arrest warrants.
Khan, who has refused to leave his property in Lahore’s Zaman Park despite a court order requiring his presence. He filed the appeal through his solicitor Khawaja Haris.
In his petition, the PTI chairman demanded: “The undertaking should be accepted and the police should be stopped from arresting.”
The PTI leader also promised to appear in court in Islamabad tomorrow (Saturday) and urged the court to hear his appeal immediately.
“This court has issued an arrest warrant without bail for the appearance of the petitioner only. The petitioner is willing and able to appear before this court on the scheduled date, which is 18.03.2023, and he has offered his word in this regard “petition was read
“It is axiomatic that the objective of a non-bailable warrant of arrest is to assure the attendance of the accused, and the undertaking satisfies this need. The applicant’s arrest and incarceration will serve no helpful purpose, and he will be humiliated for no reason.”
