ISLAMABAD: The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) approved the bail application of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf(PTI) leader Shoaib Shaheen and ordered his immediate release.

Tahir Abbas Sipra, Duty Judge of Islamabad’s Anti-Terrorism Court, accepted Shoaib Shaheen’s bail plea after his arrest in the case registered at Sangjani police station.

The ATC court granted bail to Shoaib Shaheen against a surety of Rs 100,000.

According to the court order, a case was registered against Shoaib Shaheen for violations during the public gathering in Sangjani, the Islamabad administration had directed to end the jalsa at fixed time, but PTI failed to do so.

Under the case, Shoaib Shaheen is accused of abusing the police officers, keeping some of them in custody and torturing the police officer with a pistol but according to the records. However, no pistol or baton was recovered from Shoaib Shaheen.

Duty Judge Tahir Abbas Sipra said in his remarks that it was said about Shoaib Shaheen that he cannot catch even a quail, then the pistol was blamed.

He further remarked that Shoaib Shaheen is weak and suffering from medical problems, it is not proved that he attacked the police because of him.

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Later, the court granted Shoaib Shaheen’s post-arrest bail application and ordered his immediate release.