D-Chowk protest: Court approves bail of 153 PTI activists

Islamabad: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Islamabad on Friday approved the bail of 153 PTI workers who were arrested on November 26 when law enforcement agencies carried out a crackdown on protesters at Islamabad’s D-Chowk.

During today’s hearing, which was presided over by ATC Judge Abual Has­nat Mohammad Zulqar­nain, the petitions of 177 PTI workers were heard.

Subsequently, bail was granted to 153 PTI workers, while the court rejected the bail pleas of 24 workers. The following were counsel for the PTI workers: Ansar Kayani, Sardar Masroof Khan, Mirza Aslam Baig, Fataullah Burki, and Murtaza Turi.

Of the 48 workers whose cases were registered at the Karachi Company Police Station, bail was granted to 43 workers while the cases of five were dismissed.