{"id":21685,"date":"2025-08-21T12:58:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T07:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=21685"},"modified":"2025-08-21T12:58:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T07:58:09","slug":"supreme-court-grants-bail-to-pti-founder-imran-khan-in-may-9-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2025\/08\/21\/supreme-court-grants-bail-to-pti-founder-imran-khan-in-may-9-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court grants bail to PTI founder Imran Khan in May 9 cases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Supreme Court on Friday approved bail for the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in cases linked to the May 9 riots.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The court\u2019s ruling came during a hearing on multiple cases registered against him following the nationwide protests and attacks on government and military installations earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Supreme Court has reconstituted the bench hearing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan\u2019s bail applications in connection with eight cases linked to the May 9 riots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Justice Hassan Azhar Rizvi has joined the three-member bench in place of Justice Mian Gul Hassan Aurangzeb. 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