PTI chief moves LHC for protective bail as arrest looms closer.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan filed a petition seeking protective bail in four cases as he is on the brink of arrest in the Toshakhana cases amid ongoing clashes between his supporters and police officials outside his residence in the Punjab capital.

Advocate Azhar Siddique has filed the petition for bail in cases registered in Ramna police station in Islamabad and Race Course Police Station in Lahore. He argued that Khan wanted to attend court hearing on March 18 Islamabad therefore he should be granted protective bail.

The petitioner has made chief secretary, IGP, Lahore CCPO and other persons have been made respondents in the case. He argued that the administration had put the city under siege to arrest Imran Khan, adding that police had resorted to shelling and baton-charge against the PTI workers.

Earlier, PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry appeared before LHC Chief Justice...