Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday (August 21, 2025) granted bail to incarcerated former Prime Minister Imran Khan in (*9*)eight cases associated to the May 9 violence.
Imran Khan’s supporters resorted to vandalism and violence on May 9, 2023, after he was detained by legislation enforcement authorities in Islamabad.
Several cases had been launched towards Khan and leaders of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) social gathering for his or her alleged position in the riots.
A 3-member Bench of the apex courtroom granted Khan bail after listening to the arguments by his lawyer Salman Safdar, and Punjab Special Prosecutor Zulfiqar Naqvi, who represented the state.
The Bench was led by Chief Justice Afridi and comprised Justices Shafi Siddiqui and Miangul Aurangzeb. Khan’s PTI hailed the ruling, utilizing the hashtag “Victory For Imran Khan” in its publish on X, whereas his worldwide spokesman Zulfiqar Bukhari mentioned the social gathering supremo now wanted bail in only one case.
“Supreme Court has granted bail to Imran Khan for May 9th cases, now bail is needed for just one more case (Al Qadir case) for Mr. Khan to come out of jail,” he mentioned. As Bukhari mentioned, Khan wouldn’t be launched regardless of the newest aid owing to his conviction in the Al-Qadir Trust case.
Khan (72) had filed a petition for bail in a Lahore anti-terrorism courtroom in the cases associated to the May 9 riots, together with an assault on the home of the Lahore corps commander, nevertheless it was rejected in November 2024.
He challenged it in the Lahore High Court (LHC), nevertheless it additionally rejected the plea on June 24 this 12 months. Following this, Khan challenged the dismissal of the bail plea earlier than the highest courtroom.
The former premier has been going through a number of different cases filed towards him after his elimination from workplace in April 2022. He has been imprisoned since August 2023 and is presently serving a sentence at Rawalpindi’s high-security Adiala Jail in the 190 million kilos Al-Qadir graft case.
