Pakistan court issues non-bailable arrest warrants for Imran Khan in woman judge threat case

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A court in Pakistan on Wednesday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for former prime minister Imran Khan in a case related to alleged threats made to a woman judge..

Islamabad-based judicial magistrate Malik Aman presiding over the hearing rejected a plea by Khan's counsel to grant him exemption from in-person appearance...

He also rejected a plea by Khan's lawyer to allow the former prime minister to appear on March 30 when the prosecution lawyer opposed the move by saying that he should have appeared by the deadline of the arrest warrants...

The judge issued non-bailable arrest warrants against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief and directed the authorities to present him before the court on April 18...

Earlier, Senior Civil Judge Rana Mujahid Rahim had on March 13 issued the non-bailable arrest warrants against him in the case.. The case is based on a speech by Khan in August last year, using threatening language against Additional District and Sessions Judge Zeba Chaudhry and the Islamabad police officials...

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