Pakistan Election Commission issues bailable arrest warrant against Imran Khan, Fawad Chaudhry

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday issued bailable arrest warrants for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders Imran Khan and Fawad Chaudhry, Geo News reported. The ECP has taken the decision in a case pertaining to "contemptuous" remarks against Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja. A four-member bench comprising ECP members Nisar Ahmed Durrani, Shah Mohammad Jatoi, Babar Hasan Bharwana, and Justice (retd) Ikram Ullah Khan issued the order as the leaders did not appear in the case proceedings, as per the news report.