The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Islamabad on Friday granted bail to 278 workers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in cases related to the November 26 protest.
ATC Judge Abu Al-Hasanat Muhammad Zulqarnain announced a reserved verdict. The court also rejected the bail plea of 158 PTI workers.
The ATC has set bail bonds at Rs5,000 for the accused whose bail pleas have been granted.
In total, the ATC announced the verdict on 436 bail applications, related to 13 different cases. Out of these, the bail pleas were granted to 18 accused in the Bani Gala case, 43 in the Kohsar case, nine in the Islamabad Shahzad Town case, 70 in the Aabpara case, 30 in I-9 case, 13 in the Margalla case, and 17 accused in Noon case. Bails of 25 accused in the case of Police Sihala and 30 accused in Police Shams Colony were also approved.
Meanwhile, one accused’s application was dismissed in the case registered at Kohsar police station, 25 in Aabpara, two in Margalla, and 120 accused in two cases of Police Secretariat.
