Pathan is going to come out of captivity? Bail from Supreme Court in case related to May 9 riots

Giving great relief to former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, the Supreme Court of the country on Thursday gave him bail in eight cases related to the violence of May 9, 2023. The unrest broke out after Khan’s arrest in Islamabad, when his supporters allegedly rioted and vandalized, causing a wave of legal action against him and several senior leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party. A three -member bench of the court headed by Chief Justice Afridi, including Justice Shafi Siddiqui and Justice Miangul Aurangzeb, also included Khan’s lawyer Salman Safdar and Punjab Special Prosecutor Zulfikar Naqvi, who represented the state. The verdict was given after hearing his detailed arguments.

Khan’s PTI in his post on X appreciated the decision using Imran Khan’s victory hashtag, while his international spokesperson Zulfikar Bukhari said that the party supremo now needs bail in only one case. He said that the Supreme Court has given bail to Imran Khan in the cases of May 9, now Khan needs bail in another case (Al Qadir case) to come out of jail. As Bukhari said, Khan will not be released despite being convicted in the Al-Kadir Trust case, despite the latest relief.

The 72-year-old Khan filed a bail petition in the Anti-Terrorism Court of Lahore, including an attack on the Lahore Corps Commander’s house, but was rejected in November 2024. He challenged it in the Lahore High Court (LHC), but the petition was rejected on 24 June this year. Subsequently, Khan challenged the dismissal of the bail petition in the apex court.

The former Prime Minister of Pakistan has been facing several other cases filed against him since he was removed from the post in April 2022. He has been in jail since August 2023 and is currently serving sentence in Rawalpindi’s high-security Adiala Jail in the 19 crore-pound al-Kadir corruption case.