Imran Khan’s bail is prolonged until twentieth September with the identical sureties. (File)

Islamabad:

A Pakistani courtroom on Monday prolonged former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s pre-arrest bail for eight extra days on terrorism costs regarding a speech through which he allegedly threatened police and judicial officers, his lawyer mentioned.

Khan, who appeared in courtroom in individual, was booked within the case by police in August. This is the fourth time he has secured pre-arrest bail within the matter.

“Bail is extended till 20th September with the same sureties,” Khan’s lawyer, Babar Awan, informed Reuters.

Khan has denied he threatened the officers, saying his phrases had been taken out of context.

“This amounts to making a mockery of the anti-terrorism law; making a mockery of our country,” he informed journalists exterior the courtroom on Monday after he secured his bail.

The terrorism case is considered one of a spate of authorized combat for Khan, who was ousted as prime minister by a parliamentary vote in April.

The courtroom mentioned final week it will indict Khan in a contempt of courtroom case in coming days in a matter that poses a risk to his future because it might see him disqualified from politics for not less than 5 years.

Khan, who nonetheless enjoys widespread help, has been holding political gatherings throughout the nation to strain the federal government into holding snap elections. Officially, basic elections should not due till November subsequent yr.

The authorities says the polls will happen on time and has rejected Khan’s name for early elections.

It is at considered one of these rallies that Khan thundered towards police and judicial officers. He has additionally focused the highest brass of the nation’s army, which issued a uncommon direct public rebuke of Khan for his statements earlier this month.

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