The Supreme Court adjourned until Wednesday (today) the hearing of bail petitions filed by former prime minister Imran Khan in eight different May 9 cases.
When Imran's lawyer, Salman Safdar, came to the rostrum on Tuesday, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi, who leads the three-member bench hearing the case, remarked that both sides had submitted documents which the bench needed to examine.
Safdar said he also wanted to submit verdicts issued by various anti-terrorism courts in May 9 cases. CJP Afridi said whichever party wanted to submit documents must do so promptly, as reviewing the documents was necessary.
The prosecution was also directed to review the documents submitted by the accused. The court then adjourned the hearing until 10:30 am today.
A division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) led by Justice Shahbaz Ali Rizvi on June 24 rejected Imran Khan's bail applications in eight different May 9 rioting cases.
In its order, the LHC stated that the former PM was involved in hatching a conspiracy to attack military installations in case of his possible arrest as two police officials had given testimonies to that effect.
The PTI founder challenged the order in the Supreme Court, whose three-member bench led by CJP Afridi comprising Justice Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb took up the matter on July 29.
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