LAHORE: A district and sessions court in Lahore on Saturday extended until June 18 the interim bails granted to nine Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leaders, including Dr. Yasmeen Rashid, in a case linked to purported vandalising of public property during the party’s long march on May 25.
The PTI leaders included Rashid, Mian Akram Usman, Muhammad Zubair Khan Niazi, Imtiaz Mehmood Sheikh, Mian Mehmood ur-Rasheed, Mian Shafqat Mehmood, Malik Nadeem Abbas, Murad Raas, Mian Aslam Iqbal, Yasir Gilani, Hammad Azhar, Andleeb Abbas, and Ijaz Chaudhry.
The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Saima Qureshi also ordered the investigation officer (IO) in the case to complete his probe at the earliest.
The said MPs had to rush to the anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Lahore for bails on Friday after it issued non-bailable arrest warrants for them in the case.
Last month, the Punjab police registered a total of 42 criminal cases against senior PTI leaders and workers for alleged agitation in the aftermath of the march.
