LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Tuesday extended pre-arrest bail of PTI former secretary general Asad Umar and ex-prime minister Imran Khan’s sisters Uzma Khan and Aleema Khan in multiple cases of May 9 riots.

Umar and both sisters of the PTI chairman appeared before the court on expiry of their previous bail in four cases.

Judge Abher Gul Khan allowed Umar to leave after the court’s staff marked his attendance.

The judge extended the pre-arrest bail of all the three suspects till Oct 4 and told their lawyers that next hearing of the petitions would be held before ATC-III as the court got its new presiding officer.

The suspects had filed bail petitions in cases of attacks on Jinnah House, which also serves as the residence of Lahore’s corps commander, Askari Tower in Gulberg, torching of PML-N offices in Model Town and a container near Kalma Chowk.

Published in Dawn, September 20th, 2023