PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court on Wednesday granted transit bail to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders Omar Ayub, Asad Qaiser, and Zartaj Gul till October 10. The court has ordered the petitioners to present themselves to the relevant court before October 10.

The PTI leaders filed their applications at the Peshawar High Court, seeking protective bail in connection with a case registered in Islamabad. The petitioners included Opposition Leader Omar Ayub, former National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser, and MNA Zartaj Gul.

In her application, Zartaj Gul argued that cases have been filed against her and other party leaders for organising a political rally in Islamabad. She stated that the constitution allowed every political party to hold peaceful demonstrations. The application further claimed that the administration filed cases against PTI leaders for delaying the rally by two hours and arrested PTI members of the National Assembly from within the Assembly’s jurisdiction.

It was predicted that Zartaj Gul be arrested, hence she seek the transit bail to present herself in the relevant court. PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar, Sher Afzal Marwat, and Shoaib Shaheen were arrested. The Capital police arrested MNAs Zain Qureshi and Sheikh Waqas Akram from inside the Parliament House. Additionally, police detained Owais Ahmed Chatha, Syed Shah Ahmed, Sunni Ittehad Council’s Sahibzada Hamid Raza, Yousaf Khan, Maulana Naseem Shah, and Ahmed Shah Khattak.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2024