BAHAWALPUR, Sept 13: PML-N leader MNA Makhdum Ali Hassan Gilani was re-arrested after release on bail here on Thursday. Mr Gilani, who had gone for the reception of PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif, was arrested in Islamabad and brought back here by Ahmedpur police. He was detained at Samasatta police station.

Meanwhile, the government withdrew the detention orders under MPO, but the police did not release him.

Later, Gilani’s lawyers moved an application against his illegal detention with the district and sessions judge, who ordered his recovery from police custody.

On Thursday, a bailiff raided Samasatta police station and recovered Mr Gilani along with five PML-N activists. They were produced before the court, which released them on bail till tomorrow.

As soon as the PML-N leader came out of the court, he was re-arrested by the Ahmedpur East police, which claimed to have registered another case against him under MPO-16 and for violation of section 144 of CrPC.

Mr Gilani, a former federal parliamentary secretary, alleged that he was being implicated in criminal cases and harassed by the Punjab government and the Bahawalpur district nazim.

On receipt of the bailiff’s raid, a few photographers and journalists rushed to Samasatta police station where police allegedly manhandled them, damaging some cameras.

MULTAN: The Anti-Terrorism Court No 2 Judge Chaudhry Ameer Muhammad Khan has sent a PML-N MPA on judicial remand here on Thursday.