Supreme Court accepts PTI founder’s plea for judicial inquiry into May 9 incidents

The Supreme Court has formally admitted the petition filed by the PTI chairman seeking a judicial inquiry into the May 9 incidents for a full hearing.

A constitutional bench of the apex court overturned the registrar’s office’s objections to the petition and directed the office to assign a case number and schedule the hearing.

The PTI chairman was represented by senior lawyer Hamid Khan, who appeared before the court to advocate for the petition’s admissibility.

Earlier, the Lahore Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) found Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Founder Imran Khan guilty in the cases related to the events of May 9 and rejected his bail in eight separate cases.

The court’s ruling was issued in a written decision by ATC Judge Manzar Ali Gul, which spans six pages.

The written verdict highlighted significant evidence against the PTI founder, including audio and visual recordings of his instructions to provoke violence.