IHC bars authorities from arresting Imran Khan till Monday in all cases.

ISLAMABAD -- The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday barred the authorities from arresting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan till Monday in all cases, including those which had not been even disclosed.

The A two-judge bench comprising Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri and Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir also granted an 11-day protective bail to the former prime minister in three cases registered in Lahore under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) pertaining to violence and vandalizing public property.

The court accepted the bail against surety bonds of Rs 50,000 in each case and directed the petitioner to approach the relevant forum during the time.

The PTI chairman appeared before the court in his personal capacity after biometric verification.

At the outset of the hearing, the petitioner's lawyer prayed to the court to grant his client protective bail in all the cases filed against him since May 9.

Justice Jahangiri remarked that the incumbent government had a case registered against former interior minister Sheikh Rashid in North Waziristan's Baka Khel.

He also noted that the PTI government had registered similar cases against...