ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday fixed for hearing on Thursday (today) a petition filed by former premier and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, seeking permission for his video link appearance in the court.
IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq will take up the plea of Imran Khan on Thursday (today).
The Registrar’s Office raised three objections to the PTI chief’s petition, stating that Imran Khan’s request is vague while another objection was raised about how can a video link plea be filed in the high court. The office also raised an objection to the maintainability of the video link before being heard by the court concerned.
Former premier Imran Khan filed the petition through Advocate Faisal Fareed Chaudhry in the IHC, contending that the PTI chairman has security threats during his appearance in the court. The former premier asked to provide strict security measures for his appearance before IHC.
The petitioner stated that PTI Chief should be allowed to appear via video link before IHC in all the cases of Islamabad, adding that due to security threats, the court proceedings are stalled by in-person appearances.
In the petition, PTI chairman Imran Khan also suggested that all the cases should be trialled in the judicial complex and asked for police security police during court appearances.
Earlier in the day, PTI chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan filed a new plea with the Islamabad High Court, seek permission for video link appearance in all the cases registered against him in the federal capital.
Imran Khan in his plea stated that amid security threats he should be allowed to appear in all the cases in the lower courts via video link.
The former prime minister asked the IHC to pass orders for complete security arrangements during his court appearance amid security threats.
Earlier, PTI chief Khan has written a letter to the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Umar Ata Bandial and said that he is facing threats from the rulers.
In his letter to the CJP, Imran Khan stated that he was continuously facing cases and threats after the ouster of his government and an assassination attempt was also made.
