Updated On: 23 May, 2023 02:25 PM IST | Editor
Former prime minister Imran Khan got a major relief on Tuesday when an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan granted him bail till June 8 in eight cases related to violence that erupted at the Judicial Complex here in March.

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The clashes erupted when Khan attended a much-awaited hearing in the Toshakhana corruption case. Pic/AP/PTI
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During the confrontation, over 25 security personnel were injured.
On Tuesday, Khan travelled from Lahore to the capital, Islamabad to appear before the anti-terrorism court located in the Judicial Complex.
After hearing arguments by lawyers, the court granted him bail in eight cases till June 8, his party said in a message. Pic/AFP

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Established in 1974, the Toshakhana is a department under the administrative control of the Cabinet Division and stores precious gifts given to rulers, parliamentarians, bureaucrats, and officials by heads of other governments and states and foreign dignitaries. Pic/AFP
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Khan, the cricketer-turned-politician, was disqualified by the Election Commission of Pakistan in October last year for not sharing details of the sales. Meanwhile, an accountability court in Islamabad stopped the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) from arresting PTI chief Imran Khan`s wife Bushra Bibi in the Al-Qadir Trust case by granting her interim bail. Pic/AP/PTI

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The former first lady`s lawyer Khawaja Haris appeared before the court and filed an application for Bushra Bibi`s interim bail. During the hearing, Haris informed the court that Bushra Bibi did not receive any notice from the anti-graft body. Subsequently. The court accepted the bail application till May 31 and issued a notice to NAB seeking its reply. Pic/AFP
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