Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Athar Minallah has granted interim bail to PTI Cheif Imran Khan until Tuesday, October, 19 in the prohibited funding case.

Earlier the court barred the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from arresting Khan until he appeared before the court.

A case was registered against the former prime minister and 10 others on Tuesday for receiving around $3 million from an offshore company Wootton Cricket. The PTI failed to declare a large chunk of this money with the Election Commission of Pakistan.

Imran Khan faces the changes of submitting a fake affidavit about the funding of his party.

Imran Khan’s legal team filed a petition before the Islambad High Court on Wednesday seeking interim bail in the case lodged under Foreign Exchange Act.

The petition was taken up by Justice Minallah who instructed Khan to appear before the court by 3pm and ordered the authorities to not arrest him until then.

On the request of Khan’s counsel the court extended the bail by one more day

Khan’s counsel Salman Safdar said in the court that it will be too late until 3pm and that Khan could appear before the court within half an hour.

Justice Minallah allowed Khan to appear before the court in half an hour.

The PTI chief is set to address a political gathering in Punjab’s Sharaqpur today while he will also be holding political meetings in Islamabad and Lahore.

In the petition, Imran Khan requested the court to bar FIA from arresting him until he appears before the relevant court.

Read: Foreign funding case registered against Imran Khan, 10 others

The former prime minister appeared before the court around 12:30pm and he was granted interim bail until Monday.

However, his counsel requested the court to extend the interim by one more day until Tuesday as the PTI Chief was set to engage in political activities linked to bye-elections which will be held on October 16.

On this, the court granted Khan interim bail until Tuesday.

Wootton Cricket, an offshore firm owned by disgraced Abraaj Group Chief Arif Naqvi, transferred around $3 million to PTI before 2014.

The PTI disclosed $2.1 million before the ECP without mentioning who was behind Wootton Cricket. The remaining amount was routed through various Arif Shafi and others and it was not declared before the ECP as the PTI was required to do under election laws.