Staff Reporter
Lahore
An anti-terrorism court in Lahore has granted interim bail to four Pakistan Muslim League-N leaders. These include former speaker of the National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq, in a case related to commotion during the return of former premier Nawaz Sharif to Pakistan from London in 2018 on Saturday.
Ayaz Sadiq, Salman Rafique and others appeared before the anti-terrorism court in the hearing where they sought bails in the case related to creating commotion by organising rallies on the occasion.
The lawyer, Farhad Ali Shaikh, told the court that the registration of the case by North Cantt police station was ‘politically motivated’ and it is being feared for their arrests by police in the current political scenario. He pleaded the ATC judge to grant bail to his clients.
The plea was accepted by the ATC and granted interim bail to the accused persons till November 16 besides ordering police to submit records. The court also directed the accused to submit surety bonds worth Rs100,000 each.
While talking to journalists outside the ATC, Ayaz Sadiq said that PML-N leaders were seeking bails in different cases in order to make the forthcoming power show of Pakistan Democratic Alliance on December 13. He added that PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif gave instruction to the leadership which will be followed.
