An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore granted interim bail to several PTI leaders, including Central Punjab President Dr Yasmin Rashid and former Federal Energy Minister Hammad Azhar. violence During the party’s ‘Azadi March’ on May 25.
Police 42. had registered cases Against senior PTI leaders and activists for the agitation after a fierce fight broke out between marchers and officials in the provincial capital.
On Saturday, the police added Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) to the First Information Report (FIR), which was already registered at Bhatti Gate police station.
Thirteen PTI leaders – Rashid, Azhar, Mohammad Yasir Gilani, Mohammad Zubair Khan Niazi, Andalib Abbas, Jamshed Iqbal Cheema, Musarat Jamshed, Imtiaz Sheikh, Ejaz Chowdhury, Nadeem Abbas, Mian Aslam Iqbal, Mian Mahmudur Rashid and Mian Akram Usman. were named in the FIR.
Thereafter, the leaders approached the ATC for pre-arrest bail. In his application filed by advocate Burhan Moazzam Malik, a copy of which is available at don.comHe said the police had named him in the case with “malicious” intent through a supplementary statement.
The leaders also said in their complaint that they were implicated in a “false case”.In this way) at the behest of the ruling party just to satisfy their arrogance and to victimize the petitioners politically”.
Following this, the court granted interim bail to the PTI leaders till June 28 and directed them to cooperate during the investigation. The court also directed the police to produce the case record in the next hearing.
a day ago, an atc extended guideline Interim bail of top PTI leaders in a separate case related to alleged violation of Section 144 and attack on law enforcement agencies on May 25.
Last week, the court issued non-bailable arrest warrants for PTI leaders Mian Akram Usman, Zubair Niazi, Imtiaz Sheikh, Mian Mahmood Ur Rashid, Shafqat Mahmood, Nadeem Abbas, Murad Ras, Mian Aslam Iqbal, Yasir Gilani, Dr Yasmin Rashid was. Hammad Azhar, Andleeb Abbas and Ejaz Choudhary for “deliberately disguising himself to avoid his arrest”.
This order has been issued on the request of Punjab Police. However, he was later granted anticipatory bail till June 17, which was extended till June 28.
Talking to the media outside the court, Dr Rashid claimed that the focus of the present government is on registering cases against PTI leaders instead of tackling the skyrocketing inflation.
“We will continue with our protest. We will not be afraid,” he said.
Meanwhile, Azhar, who was accompanying Rashid, said that his party would not be intimidated irrespective of the number of cases registered against him.
He also talked about the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Acceptance That Pakistan has completed all 34 items on two separate Action Plans to Combat Terrorist Financing and Money Laundering, is moving one step closer to its exit from the enhanced watch list, known as the “Grey Also known as “List”.
“I never thought I’d be greeted… out [an] Anti-Terrorism Court. We have done a lot of work related to money laundering.”