[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text dp_text_size=”size-4″]LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Secretary General Asad Umar filed a protective bail application in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday, following the filing of cases against him in Lahore.
Fearing arrest in the ongoing crackdown on PTI leadership and workers, the PTI leader asked the IHC to hear the protective bail application today. Umar’s biometrics were also verified in the Supreme Court.
A day earlier, PTI Chairman Imran Khan and other party leaders and activists were charged with terrorism at Islamabad’s Golra Sharif police station for torching government vehicles, attacking cops, and stealing their official weapons.
In addition, the federal capital police arrested 14 more PTI activists in separate raids after filing a case against Imran and other party leaders as well as workers at the CTD station under Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act.
Also Read: Imran Khan’s nephew Hassaan Niazi arrested outside Islamabad court.
On March 18, the PTI chief arrived at the G-11 Judicial Complex with 4,000 activists to appear before a district and sessions court in the Toshakhana case, in which he faced charges of concealing details of the gifts he had received from the depository in asset declarations submitted to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), which had then filed a complaint against him.
In another development, three cases have been filed against PTI leaders and workers for clashing with the elite force and other police personnel, as well as destroying official vehicles, during the Zaman Park operation in Lahore.
Rioting, violence against police, terrorism, attempted murder, robbery, and weapon snatching are among the provisions included in the case.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
