A court in Islamabad on Friday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for former Azad Jammu and Kashmir prime minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas in a case related to the alleged misuse of a diplomatic passport.

Judicial Magistrate Murid Abbas issued the warrants after Ilyas repeatedly failed to appear before the court despite multiple summons.

The court directed law enforcement agencies to arrest the former premier and present him before the court.

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has registered a case against Ilyas over the alleged misuse of official travel documents.

The magistrate adjourned further proceedings in the passport misuse case until February 23.

Meanwhile, the same court also heard a separate case involving Sardar Tanveer Ilyas and others related to an alleged physical altercation registered at Margalla police station.

During the hearing, the court sought arguments on the accused’s plea for acquittal and directed lawyers from both sides to present their submissions at the next hearing.

The hearing in the assault case was adjourned until March 5.