ISLAMABAD
\nIslamabad High Court (IHC) granted bail to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Asad Umer in cases of May 09 incident. It is important to mention that angry protestors attacked sensitive military, state installations after PTI chief arrest in corruption charges.
\nThe violent attacks were followed by a serious crackdown on the PTI whereby several party leaders and workers were arrested and slapped with cases of inciting violence and spreading unrest.
\nQureshi and Umar had emerged as two key leaders who had opted not to part ways with the party after their key releasefrom custody, unlike a major chunk of their former colleagues that have denounced their party memberships.
\nNonetheless, following his release from jail last month, Umar stepped down from his role as PTI secretary general.
\nThe two leaders had appearedbefore an additional sessions judge earlier this week in connection with a case registered against them over arson and vandalism of state and public property.
\nAfter the local court had denied them bail, both leaders were seen fleeing court premises in a desperate attempt to avoid their arrest.
\nStill concerned about their possible arrest, Qureshi and Umar approached the IHC seeking bail.
\nThe high court\u2019s Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir presided over the proceedings today.
\nAfter hearing the arguments, the judge granted bail to both former ministers against surety bonds of Rs100,000 each.
\nFurthermore, the court directed the police to provide records related to the case until July 10.
\nIt may be noted that both Qureshi and Umar had yesterday failedto get relief from the IHC for the May 9 riot cases as they were absent from the hearing, allegedly due to the police preventing them from entering court premises.
\nIHC Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir heard the bail applications for the former federal ministers regarding the cases filed in the Tarnol police station for the May 9 protests.
\nPetitioners\u2019 lawyer Ali Bukhari said that the two leaders came to the high court at 7:30 am but police personnel prevented them from entering the court. He urged the court to watch the CCTV footage from the IHC gates.
\nThe court adjourned the hearing and accepted the request of the lawyer to give time to Qureshi and Umar to appear till today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD Islamabad High Court (IHC) granted bail to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Asad Umer in cases of May 09 incident. It is important to mention that angry protestors attacked sensitive military, state installations after PTI chief arrest in corruption charges. The violent attacks were followed by a serious crackdown on the PTI […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-339574","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n