LAHORE:
An anti-terrorism court has extended till April 20 the pre-arrest bail of 79 suspects in the in May 9 riots, including former minister Asad Umar, Zain Qureshi and Farhat Abbas.
Qureshi appeared before the court, while the lawyers of Umar and Abbas submitted applications seeking their exemption from personal appearance.
The Sarwar Road police had registered the FIR under various provisions, including the Anti-Terrorism Act.
Meanwhile, the hearing of bail applications of PTI leader Dr Yasmeen Rashid and others in a case of setting ablaze a PML-N office was adjourned till March 29 with directions to lawyers to present arguments on the next date.
The applicants’ lawyers argued that they had nothing to do with the charges on which they had been arrested. They requested the court to accept the bail applications.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 20th, 2024.
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