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SC maintains stay against Imran Khan’s arrest in lawyer murder case

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday maintained its stay order against the arrest of PTI Chairman Imran Khan in a lawyer murder case in Quetta.

A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial heard the petition against addition of Imran Khan’s name in the FIR, the official news agency reported.

During the course of the proceeding, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail inquired if the accused had joined the investigation as per the direction of the high court. He remarked that the accused had to settle whether he would join the investigation or not.

Imran Khan’s lawyer Latif Khosa said that his client would not appear before the joint investigation team (JIT), adding that the anti-terrorism law could not be applied in this case against the PTI chairman.

The chief justice remarked that the bench also had other questions in the case, but it could not hear it in the absence of the complainant.

It may be mentioned here that lawyer Abdul Razzaq Shar was shot dead by unknown accused in Quetta on June 6. The son of the slain lawyer had named four people in the FIR including Imran Khan.

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