Pervaiz Elahi approaches SC for bail

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf President Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Tuesday approached the Supreme Court of Pakistan for bail.

In his plea, the PTI president said that he was granted protective bail by a single bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC). However, a division bench of the same court suspended the protective bail order on an appeal of the Punjab government.

Furthermore, the former chief minister Punjab stated that he was being politically  victimised. The plea has requested the Supreme Court to nullify the LHC division bench’s order.

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In June, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) re-arrested Pervaiz Elahi in an alleged money laundering case shortly after he was granted bail in another case while being held in a camp jail.

The arrest came a day after an anti-corruption court in Lahore granted Elahi bail in an alleged illegal recruitment case in the Punjab Assembly.

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He was first arrested by Lahore police on June 1, in relation with a corruption case.

On July 21, the FIA  submitted a challan in court against him. The court has directed the jail authorities and Punjab Police Inspector General to produce him before the court on July 26.