PTI founder Imran Khan has been directed to appear via video link from Adiala Jail for the next hearing, as the anti-terrorism court (ATC) adjourned the General Headquarters (GHQ) attack case to October 1.
The development came after the Punjab government formally withdrew its notification for holding a jail trial in the case.
Presided over by ATC Judge Amjad Ali Shah, the court issued summons for three witnesses to appear at the next hearing and instructed that challan copies be distributed in 11 other May 9 cases the same day.
Former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi will also attend via video link from Lahore jail.
The Home Department’s notification withdrawing the jail trial was submitted in court by public prosecutor Ikram Ameen Minhas, following a request from Khan’s legal team.
The GHQ attack case hearing has been adjourned until September 19 and proceedings in the other 11 May 9 cases will resume from October 1.
The GHQ attack case had been stalled for three months.
