(30 Aug 2023)
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Attock, Punjab - 30 August 2023
1. Wide of Attock prison
2. Car carrying lawyers of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan
3. Various of Khan's lawyers walking toward prison for hearing
4. Various of police near Attock prison
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Intazar Hussain Panjutha, lawyer:
“Today we are here at Attock jail, where the cipher proceedings have started, we were not aware about the actual proceedings which were supposed to be taken up by the court today. But when we went inside the court, we came to know that Imran Khan’s arrest has been entered into the log books in this case since 15th of August and his physical remand was also refused to FIR’s (first information report) order by the court and thereafter since he is now in judicial custody in this case certain other facilities have been provided to him in this case in the jail.”
6. Cutaway of lawyers, media
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Intazar Hussain Panjutha, lawyer:
“We have demanded and we have submitted to the court that we want an open trial in this case, we have provided them the relevant laws the court has adjourned this matter and will be taken up on 2nd of September along with the bail application at the original place of sitting of this court at Islamabad which is anti-terrorism court Islamabad in G-11 judicial complex.”
8. Cutaway of lawyers
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Intazar Hussain Panjutha, lawyer:
“Imran Khan was very excited about it (yesterday's bail decision) because he said that this case the entire case was based on the political motives of the previous government and the stance which was taken and the case which was made by the Election Commission was forged and fake and has no substance whatsoever the stance taken by Imran Khan has now been accepted by the court that is why the sentence has been suspended by the court and it was very well received by Imran Khan, he was very happy about it.”
10. Various of security check post outside Attock prison
11. Various of police outside Attock prison
12. Convoy and vehicle carrying anti-terrorist court judge driving
STORYLINE:
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan will remain in a high-security prison for at least another two weeks despite being granted bail the previous day, as an anti-terrorism court extended his detention on Wednesday in a case involving the revealing of an official secret document, a defense lawyer said.

The anti-terrorism court announced the decision after a brief closed-door hearing that was held at a high-security Attock prison in the eastern Punjab province, lawyer Intazar Hussain Panjutha said.

The next court hearing will be on September 2, he said.

Khan's other lawyer, Salman Safdar, told reporters that he is petitioning a court to seek bail for Khan in the latest case.

He said he is challenging Khan's imprisonment and jail trial as “it is illogical and unconstitutional."

The latest development was a blow to Khan and his legal team, which expected his release after a court in the capital, Islamabad, suspended the corruption conviction and three-year prison term of the former premier.

Tuesday's ruling by the Islamabad High Court, which also granted bail, was a major legal victory for Khan.

He has been held in prison since August 5, when he was arrested after his conviction and sentencing by another court.

Khan has been embroiled in more than 150 cases since his ouster through a no-confidence vote in Parliament in April 2022.


In his televised speeches, Khan repeatedly described the document as proof of a threat to him from the United States.





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