LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court in Lahore on Thursday cancelled a plea, filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Punjab President Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, seeking an extension in bail in a case related to the attack on police officials.
ATC Judge Ijaz Ahmed Buttar ruled that the petitioner needed to appear before the court to get interim bail. The judge also rejected a plea seeking exemption from the personal appearance of Elahi in the court.
Last month, a case was registered against the PTI leader and others at Lahore’s Ghalib Market Police Station for attacking police officials with stones, batons and petrol bombs when anti-corruption officials conducted the raid at his house to arrest him.
The case was registered on the complaint of an Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) Punjab official under Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997, Section 324, and others.
The FIR said that 40-50 people present inside the residence of Elahi hurled stones and resorted to violence. It also said that petrol bombs were also thrown at the police to facilitate the PTI president to escape from the scene.
