Peshawar High Court grants bail to over 140 PTI leaders and workers in D-Chowk protest cases

The Peshawar High Court has approved both transit and protective bails for more than 140 leaders, members of the National Assembly (MNAs), provincial assembly members (MPAs), and workers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in connection with cases registered following the November 24 protest at D-Chowk, Islamabad.

Since November 28, the court has heard over 140 bail applications from PTI leaders and lawmakers. During this period, it granted more than 70 transit bails and 69 protective bails.

Among those granted bail were key PTI figures, including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja, and Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Omar Ayub.

Additionally, the court extended the protective bail of Bushra Bibi, the wife of PTI Chairman Imran Khan, until January 16.

Other prominent PTI leaders who received bail included former National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser; Senators Shibli Faraz, Sheikh Waqas Akram, Shehryar Afridi, and Sher Afzal Marwat; and provincial ministers such as Atif Khan, Shehram Tarakai, Aftab Alam, and Faisal Tarakai.

Women leaders from PTI, including Shandana Gulzar, Zartaj Gul, Senator Falak Naz, Kanwal Shauzab, Alia Hamza, and others such as Khadija Shah, Sanam Javed, and Mishal Yousafzai, were also granted transit and protective bails.