Lahore’s Special Court (Central) on Saturday granted PTI President Parvez Elahi post-arrest bail in a money laundering case, days after the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested him and he was sent to jail.
On June 21, Elahi was taken into custody from the district jail in the said case. The FIA had requested physical custody, but a district court denied it and he and was sent to jail on judicial remand. He has been accused of money laundering via five companies and frontmen.
The same day, his son Rasikh Elahi had filed a petition in the Lahore High Court (LHC) seeking details of all cases against his father as well as a protective bail.
The next day, a special court for banking offences had issued notices to the FIA on Elahi’s post-arrest bail petition while confirming the interim pre-arrest bail of his son and two daughters-in-law.
During today’s court proceedings, Advocate Amjad Pervaiz appeared as Elahi’s counsel while Elahi was in jail. Meanwhile, the FIA had opposed the acceptance of his bail plea.
Later, judge Bakht Fakhar Bahzad’s court issued an order for the PTI president’s release from the District Camp jail, which states that Elahi is to be released “if not wanted in any other case and after confirmation of surety bonds”.
The court accepted Elahi’s bail plea for surety bonds worth Rs10,000.
