ISLAMABAD : The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday prevented the federal capital’s banking court from ruling on PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s bail request in the issue of illegal fundraising.

The banking court directed the PTI head to assure his physical attendance today (Wednesday) and threatened legal action if he disobeyed the order, prompting the filing of the lawsuit. A two-member bench made up of Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani and Justice Tariq Mahmood Jahangiri heard the case.

After hearing arguments, the IHC prohibited the lower court from rendering a decision about the bail petition and also requested new medical reports for Mr. Khan.

The PTI chairman had earlier in the day submitted a request for exemption from personal attendance for pre-arrest bail in the financing case, but Special Judge Banking Court Rakhshanda Shaheen rejected it.

The PTI leader was to appear before the court today closed, per her direction.

In addition to requesting a three-week exemption for his client at the hearing, Mr. Khan’s attorney, Barrister Salman Safdar, also provided the court with an X-ray report. He said that the former premier was making a full recovery after being shot.

The co-suspects’ attorney, Mian Ali Ashfaq, said that the claims of illegal fundraising did not support the filing of a criminal prosecution. He said that PTI received money into its bank accounts in many places, and he added that distinct FIRs had been filed in each of these towns. He said that it was difficult to track down every contributor and inquire about their income.

Rizwan Abbasi, a special prosecutor, disagreed with the reasoning and requested that legal action be taken against Imran Khan for failing to show up in court.

Judge Rakhshanda Shaheen denied the request for an exemption after hearing the reasons and ordered the PTI leader to appear in court today.

Imran Khan has a criminal case pending against him that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is looking into after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) detected anomalies in the finances in August of last year. Later, the ECP sent the matter to the FIA for further inquiry.

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