LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: The Lahore High Court has scheduled a hearing for the post-arrest bail plea of Khadijah Shah, a PTI activist and fashion designer.
According to the cause list issued on Saturday, a two-member bench of the Lahore High Court, led by Justice Ali Baqar Najafi, will hear Ms Shah’s application on July 20.
A case against Khadijah Shah has been registered at the Sarwar Road police station. In her bail application, the designer asserts that she is currently in jail on judicial remand and argues that no further investigation is necessary. She has requested the court to grant her post-arrest bail.
File photo of PTI’s activist Khadija Shah. Lahore High Court is hearing her bail plea on July 20.
Earlier, the Lahore High Court dismissed petitions that sought to declare the detention of Khadijah Shah and others involved in the May 9 violence cases as unlawful. The two-member bench, headed by Justice Najafi, heard the case and issued a written verdict.
The verdict stated that, at this stage, the detention of the petitioners cannot be considered illegal as the legal process is currently being followed.
The court emphasized that proper legal procedures cannot be circumvented, and the case against the petitioners has been duly registered, with ongoing investigations.
Khadija Shah _ a prime suspect in the May 9 attack
Earlier, Khadija Shah, the prime suspect in the attack on the Corps Commander’s Lahore residence on May 9, filed a plea in the Lahore High Court today seeking post-arrest bail.
Sumaira Khosa filed the bail plea on behalf of Khadija Shah. Ms. Shah courted arrest a week after hiding here and there in Lahore to avoid arrest in the Jinnah House and the Askari Tower attacks cases.
Her family also used their influence to get a pardon for Khadija Shah, but the response they got from the power corridors was “Absolutely Not.”
Earlier, the anti-terrorism court in Lahore rejected her bail. Therefore, Khadija Shah urged the Lahore High Court to grant her post-arrest bail.
Khadija Shah is a prominent fashion designer and a US citizen. Lahore police arrested her for her alleged involvement in the arson of the Lahore Corp Commander House (Jinnah House) on May 9.
She is the daughter of former finance minister Dr. Salman Shah and granddaughter of ex-army chief General Asif Nawaz Janjua.
