Wednesday May 10, 2023
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a petition by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) challenging the Islamabad High Court's (IHC) decision that declared the arrest of party chief Imran Khan by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) as "legal".
After Khan's arrest on Tuesday inside the IHC, PTI Vice-Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi convened an emergency meeting of the seven-member committee to review the situation and devise a comprehensive strategy to ensure the party chairman's safe and early release.
PTI's top leader announced the party's plan to move the apex court.
The petition was filed by PTI's legal team headed by the party's senior vice-president Fawad Chaudhry.
“Therefore, it is respectfully prayed that leave to appeal against the impugned order dated 09-05-2023 passed by the Islamabad High Court […] may be set aside and after hearing the parties further the order dated 01-05-2023 passed by the President NAB may be declared invalid and further in the interest of justice the immediate release of the petitioner/accused may be ordered,” the petition filed by Arshad Ali Chaudhary said.
After the participant filed the petition, the registry returned the petition after it was filed.
Matrika said the PTI chief did not approach the relevant forum saying that he can file an internal appeal.
The registry also said that the petition did not have the PTI chief's signatures.
