ISLAMABAD Jan 31 (TNS): An anti-terrorism court in the federal capital on Wednesday granted interim bail to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi in a case pertaining to attacks on the Parliament House and PTV headquarters during 2014 anti-government protests.
ATC Judge Shahrukh Arjumand approved the bail for the PTI leader against a surety of Rs100, 000 until February 08.
Like PTI chief Imran Khan and other party leaders, Qureshi surrendered before the court in a terrorism case registered during the 2014 sit-in against the PML-N government over alleged rigging in the 2013 general elections.
Police had booked Khan and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) Dr Tahirul Qadri along with their supporters in a number of cases during the 2014 sit-in calling for the resignation of the then prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
In a case, 70 people were booked after a mob of protesters belonging to the PTI and PAT stormed PTV headquarters and forced its staff to take two of the state broadcaster’s flagship channels — PTV News and PTV World — off the air on Sept 1, 2014.
The protesters were also charged with attacking government properties including the Parliament House building.
Another case related to the attack on then-Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Operations Asmatullah Junejo who was on duty at the sit-in.
