ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court will hear next week eight appeals filed by former prime minister Imran Khan in cases related to the May 9 incidents.
A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Yahya Afridi and comprising Justice Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, will resume proceedings on August 19 (Tuesday) regarding Imran’s appeals against the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) decision to reject his petition for post-arrest bail in the May 9 cases.
During the last hearing, the court had adjourned proceedings until August 19 after issuing a notice to the Punjab government. The PTI founder chairman had approached the Supreme Court under Article 185(3) of the Constitution, seeking leave to appeal against the LHC’s June 24, 2025 order that dismissed his post-arrest bail plea in the May 9 cases. The former prime minister, currently imprisoned in Adiala Jail, has requested the apex court to grant him bail in FIR No 103/2023, registered on May 12, 2023, under Sections 324, 395, 436, 427, 290, 291, 148, 149, 337L(ii), 34, 109, 120-B, 121, 121A, 131, 146, 153, 153-A, 153-B, and 505 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), 1860, read with Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), 1997, at Sarwar Road Police Station, Lahore.
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