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ISLAMABAD: On Friday, an anti-terrorism court (ATC) granted bail to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) President Parvez Elahi in a case involving an attack on the federal capital's judicial complex.

The bail request for the former chief minister of Punjab was approved by ATC Judge Abual Hasnat Zulqarnain in exchange for a Rs20,000 surety bond.

Despite the Lahore High Court (LHC) clearly prohibiting the government from arresting the PTI president earlier that day, the PTI president was detained by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for hours after his release.

The high court's order from July 13, 2023, was repeated in the order from September 1. Since the disturbances on May 9, Elahi has been imprisoned and arrested numerous times.

The PTI leader is charged with According to the police, the physical remand was requested so they could question him regarding unidentified offenders and seize vehicles. They also alleged that rioters were sent to Islamabad to vandalize the judicial complex along with providing vehicles and batons for the same. Judge Zulqarnain had previously dismissed the prosecution's motion for a 10-day physical remand and instead remanded the PTI leader to Adiala jail on a 14-day judicial remand. Elahi's attorney, Sardar Abdul Razzaq, informed the court during the hearing that his client's name was included in the first information report (FIR) six months after it was submitted. The Elahi attorney argued that his client should be given bail because others, including PTI Chairman Imran Khan and party leader Asad Umar, had already received it in the same case. be granted bail as well.

However, the plea for bail was rejected by the prosecution.

Elahi was not mentioned in the FIR, according to attorney Babar Awan, who also stated that the police were unable to find anything during the three-day physical remand.

Awan continued, "Parvez Elahi was detained on the basis of suspicion."

Prosecutor Raja Naveed then stated that the laws under which the FIR was filed are not bailable. Complex during Khan's court appearances in relation to the several cases brought against him.

In violation of Section 144, the former prime minister came from the other side of the road with throngs of people carrying wooden clubs and stones.

52 police officers and members of other supporting forces were hurt as a result of the incident, according to the police, who also noted that the PTI workers damaged 12 Islamabad police vehicles.

Angry workers also damaged three police vehicles belonging to the Punjab police and the Frontier Corps (FC). Additionally, the workers destroyed four federal police cars by setting them on fire, according to the authorities.

The counter-terrorist department (CTD) police then filed a terrorism complaint against the PTI employees. station to catch vandals.

The PTI chief and other party leaders were also the subject of a FIR filed by Islamabad police for their alleged involvement in assaulting police, torching vehicles, and damaging property.

Elahi was not nominated in the Federal Judicial Complex (FJC) attack case, the judge noted. He continued by saying that nothing was found during his physical detention.

Elahi's bail application was approved by the ATC court after hearing the arguments.

Judiciary-related rioting

On March 18, PTI employees suddenly started throwing stones at police inside the Federal Judicial Center.