GUJAR KHAN: PTI’s Punjab chief organiser Aliya Hamza was released from Jhelum district jail on Thursday night, a day after her post-arrest bail was approved by a court in Rawalpindi.

Jail authorities received release orders for the PTI leader on Thursday evening. Judicial Magistrate Qamar Abbas approved her post-arrest bail against a surety bond of Rs100,000 on Wednesday.

Ms Hamza was arrested along with five other PTI workers on April 19 in a case of road block and rioting in the Dhoke Kamal Din area of Rawalpindi while leading a workers’ convention.

She was shifted to Jhelum district jail on a 14-day judicial remand from Rawalpindi’s Adiyala jail due to insufficient accommodation facilities in female barracks there.

On Thursday night, a police official confirmed to Dawn on condition of anonymity that the PTI leader was released after 10pm and received by her legal team and family members amid strict security measures.

Published in Dawn, April 25th, 2025