PTI leader Asad Qaiser released from jail

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former speaker of the National Assembly Asad Qaiser was released from jail on Wednesday after getting bail in three cases

Asad Qaiser was arrested on December 8 under three maintenance of public order (MPO) orders issued by the district administrations of Mardan, Charsadda and Swabi.

The former NA speaker had already secured bail in the cases registered against him in Mardan and Charsadda on May 9. He was also granted bail in the case filed in Swabi by the district and sessions court.

Asad Qaiser is also facing corruption charges in the procurement of equipment for Gajju Khan Medical College in Swabi.

He was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) on November 3 at his residence in Bani Gala, Islamabad. He was later released on bail by an anti-corruption court on November 24 before he was re-arrested on December 2 in connection with a new case registered in Mardan district.

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The ACE alleged that Asad Qaiser, who was the speaker of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly at the time, had caused losses to the national exchequer by awarding contracts to his relatives and friends.

The ACE also claimed that he had misused his authority and violated the rules and regulations in the purchase of medical equipment for the college.