Bail applications of PTI leaders rejected

ISLAMABAD: The court rejected the pre-arrest bail applications of PTI leaders, including Omar Ayub, in the November 26 protest, Sangjani Jalsa case, and 8 other cases.

The Anti-Terrorism Court rejected bail applications in 7 cases of Zartaj Gul, while in more than 5 cases of Shibli Faraz and Alia Hamza.

The court also rejected the applications of all the accused for exemption from attendance. The court had reserved its decision on the applications for exemption from attendance of the accused.

It should be noted that cases are registered against PTI leaders in more than 5 different police stations.

Earlier, former member of the Punjab Assembly and former leader of the PTI, Waseem Afzal, has decided to join the People’s Party along with his brother, Gulrez Afzal Chan, a former MPA.

Waseem Afzal Chan was elected as a member of the Punjab Assembly in 2008, while Gulrez Afzal Chan was elected as a member of the Punjab Assembly in 2013.

Both brothers are sons of former provincial minister Haji Afzal Chan and brothers of PPP’s Central Secretary Information and Broadcasting Nadeem Afzal Chan.

The negotiations between the two former members of the Punjab Assembly and the PPP leadership have entered the final stages.

Gulrez Afzal Chan was elected as a member of the Punjab Assembly on a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf ticket from PP-43 constituency of Mandi Bahauddin in the 2013 elections.

Waseem Afzal Chan contested the 2023 elections as an independent after not getting a PTI ticket, which he lost.