Zubair Qureshi
The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday rejected bail pleas of two Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf National Assembly (MNAs) in connection with an attack on Sindh House.
IHC Justice Tariq Mehmood Jehangiri heard the case and rejected the bail applications of PTI MNAs Attaullah Niazi and Fahim Khan.
As soon as the decision was announced turning down their bail applications police arrested them immediately from court premises.
Earlier, the Supreme Court had directed the Islamabad police chief to submit a fresh report on the March 18 attack on Sindh House.
A larger bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, heard the case.
IG police had submitted a report on the incident to the bench stating that a PTI worker named Tauseef Khan has been taken into custody again, adding some suspects hail from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Sindh.
It may be noted that police had lodged an FIR against 13 PTI workers excluding the MNAs for attacking the Sindh House.The names of two Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MNAs were added in the FIR of attack on Sindh House in Islamabad registered by the PPP lawmakers.
