ATC Grants Interim Bail To PTI Leaders In 'Long March Case'.

LAHORE -- An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore granted interim bails until June 28 to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders in a case pertaining to violence during the party's May 25 Islamabad long march.

The PTI leaders granted pre-arrest bail include former energy minister Hammad Azhar, PTI Central Punjab President Dr Yasmin Rashid, Mian Muhammad Aslam Iqbal, Mian Mahmood-ur-Rasheed, Jamshed Iqbal Cheema, Musarrat Cheema, Murad Raas, and Andleeb Abbas. Subsequently, the court granted the PTI leaders interim bail till June 28 and directed them to cooperate during the investigation.

On June 10, the ATC issued non-bailable arrest warrants for 17 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders, including former federal ministers Hammad Azhar, Shafqat Mahmood, Yasmin Rashid. It is to be noted that several PTI leaders including former Prime Minister Imran Khan, Asad Umar, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Fawad Chaudhry and others have been booked by police in various FIRs related to Azadi March. Previously, police had registered 42 cases against senior leaders and workers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. However, Police also added section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) in the First Investigation Report (FIR) on Saturday. The court granted interim bail to PTI leaders till June 28 directing them to cooperate during the investigation. The Court also directed the police to submit the case record at the next hearing.

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