Court extends suspension of Imran's arrest warrants in judge threatening case.

ISLAMABAD -- A local court Monday extended the suspension of non-bailable arrest warrants against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan till March 24 in the judge-threatening case.

The hearing of the case was adjourned without proceeding as Additional Session Judge Faizan Haider Gilani was on leave.

The judge had previously suspended the arrest warrants against the PTI chairman to this date as Khan did not appear before the court due to him being holed up at his Zamar Park residence in Lahore - amid a police operation.

In this case, Senior civil judge Rana Mujahid Rahim had on March 13 issued Khan's non-bailable arrest warrant for repeatedly failing to appear before the court.

To avert arrest, the former prime minister had filed a petition in a local court challenging the arrest warrant - but he has still not appeared before the court in person despite repeated summons.

Later, on March 14, Judge Gillani had suspended the arrest warrants till March 16 - and on the same day, he...