Court to resume hearing in PTI chief's petition seeking record of all cases against him.

ISLAMABAD -- The Islamabad High Court (IHC) will MonAday (today) resume hearing in Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan's petition seeking record of all cases against him in the limits of the federal capital.

A single bench of IHC comprising Chief Justice of IHC Justice Aamer Farooq will conduct hearing of Imran Khan's petition wherein he had sought record of all cases registered against him and issued notices to the respondents directing them to submit reply in this matter till March 27.

Previously, the IHC Chief Justice remarked that FIR could not be kept sealed. He added the FIRs are public documents and these cannot be kept sealed. Police summon the people for investigation. Khan's counsel requested the court to issue an order for producing record of all FIRs in this court's jurisdiction.

In this matter, Imran Khan filed petition seeking information regarding the number of FIRs registered against him across the country. He moved the court through KhaAwaja Haris Advocate, Faisal Fareed AdvoAcate, Intazar Hussain Panjotha and others.

In his petition, the PTI Chairman cited Federation through Secretary Interior, InAspector General Islamabad (IG) police IsAlamabad, IG Punjab Police, IG Sindh Police, IG Balochistan Police and Director General (DG) Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) as respondents.

He stated that since after the regime change, the petitioner has been a constant target of the respondents on behest of the incumbent PDM government.

The petitioner has been subjected to ilAlegal and unlawful treatment by the reAspondents and after the dissolution of the provincial assemblies by the interim govAernments of Punjab and KPK the situation deteriorated drastically and the petitioner has been nominated in criminal cases alAmost on daily basis.

The PTI Chairman said that an onslaught has been unleashed upon the petitioner and his party affiliates and the registration of false and frivolous FIRs has been made a new norAmal by the respondents and numerous FIRs have been registered against the petitioner on total baseless and false accusations. He continued that the respondents are hell-bent to sort out the petitioner for raising voice against corruption and to call for justice and the rule of law in the country. To implement the vindictive design against the petitioner with sole intention to humiliate and to cause illegal and unlawful harassment to him a seAries of criminal cases have been registered against the petitioner...

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