PTI’s Omar Ayub, Raja Basharat awarded post-arrest bail

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders Omar Ayub and Raja Basharat were awarded post-arrest bail in a vandalism case by an anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Friday.
Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Ayub, along with Basharat and three other PTI leaders, was arrested by Rawalpindi Police outside Adiala Jail a day earlier.
ATC Judge Amjad Ali Shah had ordered Saddar Superintendent of Police Nabeel Ahmed Khokhar to produce the five suspects before court by 7:30pm a day earlier.
However, since the police were unable to produce them, the judge issued a contempt notice on the SP for not meeting the deadline and asked the law enforcer to produce them at 9am today.
Ayub, Basharat, and Ahmad Nasir Chattha face charges in cases registered at Injra Police Station in Attock and Hassan Abdal Police Station.
Meanwhile, Raja Majid Daniyal and Malik Azeem were detained in connection with a case filed at Dhamial Police Station.
All five leaders are also named in cases related to the November 24 protest, which include charges of arson, vandalism, obstructing government operations, assaulting police officers, and damaging public property.
This is a developing story and is being updated with more details.



