Court confirms Asad Umar's bail in judicial complex riot case.

ISLAMABAD -- An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Tuesday confirmed the bail of PTI's leader Asad Umar in a terrorism case registered by CTD pertaining riot and vandalizing public property during appearance of Imran Khan in judicial complex.

ATC Judge Raja Jawad Abbas heard the bail petition of Asad Umar who appeared before the court.

At the outset of hearing, the prosecutor argued that the accused could not be granted bail in this case even if he was in Islamabad High Court (IHC) at the time of incident in judicial complex.

The court asked that why the custody of the accused was essential when he was only alleged to instigate the protesters.

The prosecutor said that the custody of Asad Umar was required for the investigation purpose.

He said that the distance between judicial complex and high court building was only one...

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