Court extends bail
LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) extended the interim bail of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi till August 8 in three cases related to the May 9 vandalism. The cases included the attack on Jinnah House and Askari Tower.
The court granted an extension of interim bail till August 8 to former Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi in three cases.
Asad Umar’s interim bail
Meanwhile, in Lahore, the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) also extended Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Asad Umar’s interim bail until August 8 in the case of vandalism at Askari Tower.
The Gulberg police station had registered a case against him and other PTI workers for damaging public and private properties, including Askari Tower, during the May 9 protests.
Furthermore, PTI leader Asad Umar filed for interim bail in the Jinnah House and PML-N office arson cases. The court ordered Asad Umar to cooperate with the investigation in these cases as well.
The court also requested records of other cases for the next hearing.
Supreme Court summons Imran Khan on July 24
Moreover, on Thursday, the Supreme Court summoned the PTI chairman and former prime minister in the murder case of senior Supreme Court lawyer Advocate Abdul Razzaq Shar.
File photo of PTI leaders during a rally in Lahore in 2022.
The Supreme Court has asked the former prime minister to appear before them on July 24 at 10:30 am.
During the hearing, a three-member bench headed by Justice Yahya Khan Afridi considered the plea of the former prime minister.
At the beginning of the hearing, Latif Khosa, the counsel of the PTI chairman, requested the court to stop the proceedings of the case.
Khosa argued before the apex court that the JIT constituted by the government was against the law of the land.
In response, Justice Yahya Afridi remarked that the accused should surrender himself before the court first.
Justice Afridi asked why the PTI chairman did not contact the relevant forum to quash the FIR in the case.
