IHC stops police from arresting Imran in Toshakhana case.

ISLAMABAD -- The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday stopped the capital's police from arresting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan till Saturday in the Toshakhana criminal case on his assurance to appear before the trial court on March 18.

Chief Justice Aamer Farooq while hearing the appeal against the verdict of the Additional Sessions Court for restoring the non-bailable arrest warrants of Imran Khan, directed the authorities to ensure foolproof security measures in the trial court on Saturday.

The Registrar Office had raised some objections to the appeal filed earlier in the case. However, the court took up the case for a hearing.

At the outset of the proceedings, the chief justice observed that there were some objections raised by the Registrar on the application. Imran Khan's lawyer Khawaja Haris said the biometric objection had been removed.

The chief justice observed that Imran Khan's undertaking regarding his appearance before the trial court was as worthy as his statement and that contempt of court proceedings could be initiated against him if it were violated.

He said the IHC did not decide on the matter previously and sent it to the trial court with the directive to take a decision after going through the undertaking. He asked on which grounds the trial court had rejected the undertaking.

Khwaja Haris replied that the trial court, in its order, had stated that the non-bailable warrants could not be cancelled due to the situation in Lahore.

He said the incident that happened in Lahore was unfortunate and a case in that regard had already been registered. "We had requested the trial court to cancel or suspend the arrest warrants against Imran Khan."

The court asked whether the undertaking still existed.

Khwaja Haris said Imran Khan wanted to appear in the trial court tomorrow, adding...