2 weeks Ago By Shahid Rao
ISLAMABAD - The relentless legal marathon of the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders Thursday continued the whole day in the Islamabad High Court to get court’s orders regarding their meeting with Imran Khan in Adiala Jail but failed to yield any positive outcome. A single bench of IHC comprising Justice Inaam Ameen Minhas conducted hearing of the petition moved by Imran’s sister Aleema Khanum, Opposition Leader in Senate Syed Shibli Faraz and Opposition Leader in National Assembly Omar Ayub Khan. Despite multiple pleas, the court did not issue any favourable orders, leaving the party’s leadership in a state of continued uncertainty.
In their petitions, the sisters of ex-premier Imran Khan and the PTI leaders urged the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to proceed against the Adiala jail authorities for not implementing court’s order permitting meetings with the PTI founder in the prison. At 9:00 AM, Justice Minhas took up the matter and later, he resumed the hearing at 1:30 PM. During the hearing, senior PTI leaders including Aleema Khan, Omar Ayub, Shibli Faraz, Salman Akram, Raja Niazullah Niazi, and Shoaib Shaheen, made extensive arguments before the bench, particularly highlighting concerns of contempt regarding previous court directives.
However, no significant outcome emerged from their efforts. During the hearing, Justice Minhas expressed his surprise over fixing of a case of a larger bench before a single bench and remarked, “I have asked the branch how a matter designated for a larger bench was transferred to a single bench.” The judge further stated that the branch has admitted the mistake saying that the case should have fixed before a larger bench.
Four martyred, five injured in Kalat bomb blast Despite repeated appeals throughout the day by the PTI lawyers and family members—including requests to refer the matter to the Acting Chief Justice—the court refrained from issuing any immediate orders. The judge merely stated that an order would be passed in due course. Tags: pti fails court.
