RAWALPINDI, Dec 23: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) workers and supporters arrested on Tuesday were granted bail by the court of Civil Judge Awais Khan Niazi here on Thursday.

However, they will be released from Adiala Jail on Friday. The Airport police had booked the 52 people on charges of violating a ban on processions, causing damage to government property and creating law and order situation.

Six PPP parliamentarians - Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Safdar Abbasi, Ghulam Murtaza Satti, Naheed Khan, Zamurad Khan and Khalid Javed Gurki - were also booked, but they did not apply for bail.

The counsel for the PPP workers filed a bail petition in the court on Thursday. A large number of party supporters had gathered on the premises of the court. Police personnel in anti- riot gear were also present on the occasion.