ISLAMABAD: A banking court here on Wednesday granted the pre-arrest bail of two aides of PTI Chairman Imran Khan in an FIR registered under Foreign Exchange Act with regard to the prohibited funding case.
The court granted interim bail to Tariq Shafi and Faisal Maqbool till October 31, against surety bonds worth Rs100,000 each.
Duty Judge Raja Asif Mehmood heard the interim bail applications of the two accused filed through Advocate Raja Qadir Janjua.
He told the court that the case had been shifted to the banking court on the directives of Islamabad High Court, adding that the high court had also granted his clients a two-week protective bail in this matter.
He said that his client had already appeared before the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on October 20.
Upon hearing to the argument, the court accepted the accused interim bail till October 31.
It is important to mentioned here that PTI Chairman Imran Khan had already been granted interim bail till October 31, by the special judge central.
The FIA had registered FIR against Imran Khan and his aides in prohibited funding case.
