SC rejects request for ‘immediate meeting’ with PTI founder Imran Khan – Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday rejected the request for an immediate meeting with PTI founder Imran Khan.

The SC earlier fixed for hearing 13 petitions related to Imran and Bushra Bibi, and said PTI’s memorandum seeking jail visitation rights for the party founder has been forwarded to the relevant executive authorities for consideration under the law.

The request for the meeting, submitted by senior PTI leader Latif Khosa, was rejected by the two-member bench comprising Chief Justice Yayha Afridi and Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan.

The apex court observed that such an order could not be passed without issuing notice to the government.

A notice was then issued to the government for tomorrow (Tuesday).

The SC also ordered the formation of a three-member bench to hear appeals against the PTI founder’s acquittal in the cipher case.

A three-member bench has also been ordered to hear appeals against the acquittal of PTI leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the same case.

Hearing Imran’s bail petition in the Al-Qadir University Trust case, the court dismissed the PTI founder’s bail plea as infructuous.

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