F.P. Report
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Tuesday rejected interim bail of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Farrukh Habib in a vandalism case. PTI leaders Yasmeen Rashid, Mian Aslam, Asad Umar, Farrukh Habib and others were booked by Shahdaman police in Lahore over vandalism charges.
Yasmeen Rashid, Mian Aslam and other PTI leaders appeared before the court, while Farrukh Habib did not show up. ATC while extending the interim bail of Yasmeen Rashid, Mian Aslam and others rejected Farrukh Habib’s plea over his continuous absence in court hearings. Meanwhile, the court reserved its verdict on the plea of Asad Umar seeking exemption from the court appearance.
Last week, the Punjab police raided Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Farrukh Habib’s residence of in-laws in a bid to arrest the former state minister. According to details, police operations were underway to arrest the PTI leaders ahead of the party’s Minar-e-Pakistan Rally. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) released a statement, stating that the police officials harassed former state minister’s family members after they failed to arrest him from his in-laws’ residence.
LHC seeks report after Farah Gogi’s plea for case dismissal: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has sought a report from the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) against Farhat Shahzadi alias Farah Gogi, a close friend of PTI chief Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi, regarding a petition requesting the dismissal of a case in the FIA.
Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh of LHC on Tuesday commenced the hearing on Farah Gogi’s plea. According to the petitioner’s lawyer, a case was filed by the FIA on political grounds without justification, and that a similar case was also registered by ACE Punjab. He contended that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBR) has now initiated a probe into tax matters over allegation of illegal allotment of plots in Industrial Estate Development and Management Company (FIEDMC).
He said the case was dismissed on providing all the evidence in the anti-corruption court. The FIA also obtained an arrest warrant from the magistrate illegally, he added. (INP)
