The Lahore High Court has preserved its decision on the petitions againstthe release of bail in seven cases, including the attack on Chairman PTI’sJinnah House, bypassing interim bail orders. Justice Aaliyah Neelamquestioned why Barrister Salman Safdar was not presented in such animportant case.
In the Lahore High Court, a hearing was held on the petitions against therelease of bail in seven cases, including the attack on Chairman PTI’sJinnah House. In the appeals, a request was made to reject the orders ofthe anti-terrorism courts to release bail before arrest orders issued bythe court of counter-terrorism, and Chairman PTI’s challenge to thedecision to revoke bail by the court of counter-terrorism. SuperintendentAttock Jail and others were made parties in the petitions.
The request argued that the petitioner is being targeted for politicalrevenge, as he was acquitted in the Toshakhana case on August 5, andimmediately after the acquittal, the police arrested the petitioner. Therequest also sought a directive from the court to hear bail applications onmerit.
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Justice Aaliyah Neelam and Justice Asjad Javaid Ghural, sitting on thebench, conducted the hearing. Advocate Salman Safdar’s junior lawyerappeared in court on behalf of the petitioner, while Deputy ProsecutorGeneral Rai Akhtar was also present in court on behalf of the prosecution
