Islamabad High Court (IHC) was opened on Sunday as an application was filed seeking bail on an arrest warrant issued against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan. The deposed premier's lawyer Dr Babar Awan reached the IHC to file the petition while an application seeking cancellation of the arrest warrant has also reportedly been prepared. In the latest twist of events surrounding the threatening speech against a woman judge, a magistrate in Islamabad had issued a warrant of arrest on Saturday against Imran Khan. Read ‘Ready to go to prison if arrested’, says Imran after warrant issued The case against the former prime minister was registered on August 20 with the Margala Police Station in the federal capital over his remarks at a rally in F9 Park where he had warned Additional District and Sessions Judge Zeba Chaudhry and police high-ups of dire consequence, as well as the judiciary for what he had called its “biased” attitude towards his party. On Friday, the PTI chairman had visited the sessions court of Islamabad in order to tender an apology to the additional district and sessions judge, but finding her on leave, he asked her reader to convey his apology to her. As the IHC opened today a bench under Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani was constituted to hear the petition challenging the arrest warrant. The hearing of the case is expected to proceed later today.
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