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Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan, who has been incarcerated since August 2023, is likely to be granted bail on June 11.
A top leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has claimed this.
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) is scheduled to hear the petitions seeking suspension of sentences of Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the GBP 190 million Al-Qadir Trust case on June 11.
This assertion by Gohar Ali Khan comes just days after Imran Khan appointed himself patron-in-chief of the PTI, even as he announced the planned nationwide protests which he vowed to lead from behind bars.
Gohar’s claim also follows reports of behind-the-curtain negotiations for Khan’s release, claims the former PM has firmly refuted.
Faced with swelling public support and Imran Khan’s decision to steer nationwide protests from his prison cell, Army Chief Asim Munir, already on the back foot after India’s Operation Sindoor, may have felt the pressure, prompting what may be seen as a quiet retreat from his arch-nemesis.
Gohar added that no compromises will be struck for Imran Khan’s freedom.
The Islamabad High Court had previously postponed the hearing of petitions in the Al-Qadir Trust case to June 11.