Imran decides against presenting before court in Toshakhana case.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Monday decided not to appear in the Toshakhana case before the court on Tuesday.

Sources privy to the development said due to the security threats, Mr Khan had decided against presenting before the Islamabad court. The security team had informed Mr Khan about the situation during the last hearing, according to the sources.

As per the sources, the legal team had apprised Mr Khan of the legal aspects in this regard as well.

The legal team will file the petition on Tuesday in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) for protective bail, and the decision of the additional session judge will also be challenged. The lawyers will seek permission to present Mr Khan before the court via video link.

For the protective bail of the deposed premier, the LHC will also be moved tomorrow.

On Monday, the sessions court rejected PTI Chairman Imran Khan's plea seeking annulment of the non-bailable arrest warrants issued against him for his failure to appear before the court in the Toshakhana case.

The court had, hours earlier, reserved the verdict on the plea filed by Mr Khan's lawyers Qaisar Imam, Barrister Gohar and Ali Bukhari.

Mr Imam had demanded the annulment of the warrants, arguing that the law barred the issuance of arrest warrants to some extent if the plea was filed as a private complaint. Additional Sessions Judge Zafar Iqbal remarked that Mr Khan's lawyers had apprised the court the day the warrants were issued that their client would not appear before the court.

Imran Khan is supposed to be present in court on Tuesday. The judge had, earlier, issued arrest warrants for Mr Khan after he failed to...