LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) annulled the decision to reject bail in seven cases of the former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf(PTI) founder.
In the written decision of the Lahore High Court, it was declared that the PTI founder could not appear in the trial court due to his arrest and the trial court did not properly evaluate the facts.
The court in its written judgment said that the decision to exclude the sureties of the founder PTI is declared null and void.
Along with this, the court also directed the trial court to decide on the bail applications by February 6 through video link.
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Earlier, Supreme Court (SC) allowed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf(PTI) candidates Sanam Javed and Shaukat Basra to contest the elections.
A three-member bench headed by Justice Muneeb Akhtar of the Supreme Court heard the appeals against the rejection of the papers of Sanam Javed and Shaukat Basra, in which the court first gave time to the lawyer of the Election Commission of Pakistan(ECP) to prepare, After which the court adjourned the hearing till 2 o’clock due to the busyness of DG Law Election Commission.
