ATC grants interim bail to Shafqat.

LAHORE -- An anti-terrorism court on Saturday granted interim pre-arrest bail to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Shafqat Mahmood in a case related to violence during a recent long march held by his party.

Advocate Burhan Moazzam Malik, counsel for Mahmood, also a former federal minister, told the court that his client was present in his car outside the court as doctors had advised him not to walk following a minor surgery.

He said the court could verify the presence of the petitioner through an official.Presiding Judge Amber Gul asked a court official to mark the attendance of the petitioner after visiting him in the car.The counsel also presented medical reports and photos of the operated body part of the PTI leader before the court.

The judge granted bail to Shafqat Mahmood till June 17 subject to bail bond of...

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