May 23. (EUROPE PRESS) –
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court granted former Prime Minister Imran Jan bail on Tuesday in a total of eight cases open against him, bringing temporary relief to the leader of the opposition Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) in in the middle of the legal battle in which he has been immersed since he left office in April 2022 after a motion of censure approved by Parliament.
The decision in the cases against Jan has been followed by a similar move by the Lahore High Court in favor of the release on bail of the former prime minister’s wife, Bushra Bibi, who is also under investigation for corruption, according to as the Pakistani television channel Geo TV has collected.
However, the National Anti-Corruption Office (NAB) has indicated that it is investigating the TPI leader in the framework of a case for alleged corruption after his appearance before the agency’s offices in Rawalpindi, which took place in the midst of a large device of security after the incidents unleashed in the protests registered after his arrest on May 9.
Jan, who was released on bail days later following a Supreme Court ruling stating that the detention had been “illegal”, has been accompanied by his legal team. For the moment, no incidents have been recorded during the day, one day after the PTI filed an appeal before the Supreme Court against the decision of the authorities to deploy the Army in several cities after the aforementioned riots.
The former prime minister was dismissed after a motion of no confidence in Parliament, approved after the Supreme Court reversed the decision of the then prime minister to dissolve Parliament and announce early elections after the refusal of the presidency of the legislative body to hold the vote In the first instance. In November, he was shot after being shot during a protest against the new government.
