Imran Khan filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court against the rejection of his post-arrest bail by a special court that is proceeding against him and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the case
Pakistan saw massive nationwide anti-government protests following the arrest of Khan, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman, by paramilitary Rangers in a corruption case on May 9
Imran Khan and Qureshi, the 67-year-old former foreign minister, were arrested under the Official Secrets Act for allegedly misplacing and misusing a classified document for vested political interests
Imran Khan and Shah Mahmood Qureshi are charged with the violation of the Official Secrets Act in connection with the leakage of a confidential diplomatic cable from Pakistan's embassy in Washington
Her petition asked the court to declare the act of the respondents illegal and restrain them from arresting the petitioner in any undisclosed case or inquiry
Imran Khan has been demanding early elections since he was ousted from power after he lost a no-confidence motion in the National Assembly in April last year
Imran Khan was sent to jail on August 5 after his conviction in the Toshakhana case but the Islamabad High Court suspended his sentence on August 29 and ordered his release
Imran Khan had filed a petition before Judge Abual Hasnat Zulqarnain, seeking permission to speak to his sons - Suleman Khan and Qasim Khan - on the phone
A trial court had convicted and sentenced the 70-year-old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman to three years in prison on August 5 in Toshakhana case
