Stay on arrest warrant issued against Imran Khan in case of threat to judge

A Pakistani court has stayed till March 16 the non-bailable arrest warrant issued against former prime minister Imran Khan for allegedly threatening a woman judge while addressing a public meeting here last year. According to the news of ‘Dawn News’, the District and Sessions Court of Islamabad had issued an arrest warrant against the former prime minister on Monday. A case was registered against Khan, chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, over his remarks at a rally here in August last year.

Khan had warned Additional District and Sessions Judge Jeba Chowdhary and top police officers of dire consequences for their “biased” attitude towards his party. During Monday’s hearing, Khan’s counsel said the PTI chief was ready to attend the court proceedings through video link. However, rejecting his plea, Judge Rana Mujahid Rahim directed the police to arrest former prime minister Khan and produce him before the court by March 29.

Khan later challenged the warrant in the district court, where Additional Sessions Judge Faizan Haider Geelani, in his order, noted that Khan’s counsel argued that “the petitioner could not appear before the trial court due to threat to his life”. After this, the judge stayed the warrant till March 16 and the next hearing of the case would be held on the same day.

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