LAHORE: The Anti-Terrorism Court on Saturday extended the interim bail of PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi in a terrorism case till July 10.
Anti-Terrorism Court Judge Raja Jawad Abbas has been transferred and the new judge has not assumed charge yet, therefore the hearing was adjourned without proceedings.
The former foreign minister appeared in the Anti-Terrorism Court along with his lawyer Ali Bukhari.
Speaking to the media outside the court, Qureshi said a case of abetment in the vandalism has been registered against him the Lahore Khanna police station.
He claimed it was a political case as he neither had been involved in the vandalism, nor he was present in the city on the day.
Commenting on the meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden, the former foreign minister said every Pakistani had concern over the joint statement issued after the meeting.
Pakistanis have always made efforts to eliminate terrorism, he said, adding it is a pity that the leaders made a political issue out of this as well.
Qureshi also said that he regretted that there was no mention of human rights in the US-India joint statement.
“No voice was raised against the oppression of Muslims in India-held Kashmir,” he regretted and added human rights organizations are also silent over the situation in held Kashmir.
