ISLAMABAD: If Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan still surrenders, I will order the inspector-general not to arrest him, an Islamabad district and sessions court judge remarked while hearing the Toshakhana case on Thursday.
The hearing was being conducted in the court of additional sessions by judge Zafar Iqbal.
As it started, Imran Khan’s lawyer Khawaja Haris read out the Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) decision to uphold the arrest warrant against Khan.
The judge said that the high court’s decision has yet to be received by the sessions court through judicial procedure. “The problem can be solved in a second. Where is Imran Khan? Has Imran Khan presented himself before the court?” the judge asked.
At this, Haris asked the judge whether it was important for the former prime minister to appear before the court in person.
“We want Imran Khan to appear before the court. Why isn’t he presenting himself before us? What’s the reason behind it?” he asked, noting that in line with the law, Khan should assist the police and not resists it.
