• Asad Umar was released from Rajapur Jail
• Fayyaz Chauhan, Zulfi Bukhari, Sadaqat Awan were released from Shahpur Jail
• They said the Jail Bahro Tehreek was a success

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader Asad Umar was released from Rajapur Jail late on Friday where he was held under detention for the last ten days.

A large number of party workers from Rajanpur, Rojhan, Jampur, Dera Ghazi Khan were present to welcome him. They raised slogans in favour of PTI chairman Imran Khan. PTI leader Aun Abbas Bappi was also present outside the district jail.

PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi was released from Attock Jail. He was among the first to court arrest during the Jail Bahro Tehreek launched by the party.

PTI local leaders and workers showered flower petals as he was released from jail. His son Zain Qureshi, daughter Meharbano Qureshi, Major Tahir Sadiq, Syed Yawar Bukhari, Qazi Ahmad Akbar and other were also present outside the jail.

PTI leaders Fayyaz Chauhan, Zulfi Bukhari, Sadaqat Awan and several others were also released from Shahpur jail. A large number of party supporters gathered outside jail to welcome them and showered rose petals.

Speaking after being released, Zulfi Bukhari said the Jail Bahro Tehreek was a resounding success. He said PTI Chairman Imran Khan will launch the election campaign and they will be a part of it.

Chohan said they have defeated the Punjab government and the movement was a success. He added they are willing to sacrifice for the sake of Imran Khan.

سیکٹری جنرل PTI جناب @Asad_Umar راجن پور جیل سے رہا۔ pic.twitter.com/sHRTVsYDod

— PTI (@PTIofficial) March 3, 2023

انتخابات کا اعلان ہونا عمران خان کی جیل بھرو تحریک کی کامیابی ہے، پی ٹی آئی رہنما زلفی بخاری کی شاہ پور جیل سے رہائی کے بعد میڈیا سے گفتگو @sayedzbukhari
pic.twitter.com/TL6zMynlPc

— PTI (@PTIofficial) March 3, 2023

Earlier today, Lahore High Court ordered the release of 320 PTI leaders and workers arrested during the ‘Jail Bahro Tehreek’. Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh heard against the detention orders PTI leaders detained from across the province under Section 3 of the Punjab Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance, 1960.

The court sought a reply from the Punjab government and respondents by March 7.  At the outset, the judge asked the PTI lawyers how the arrests were illegal when they had started the movement.

The PTI counsel replied that they are political prisoners and cannot be held like criminals. The judge replied that political workers will be arrested if they asked for it. He said that if they want to be released, then it is illegal to keep them even for a minute.

The court ordered the public prosecutor to take instructions from the Punjab government within fifteen minutes, saying that no one can be detained illegally even for a minute without their will.

PTI lawyers Fawad Chaudhry and Zazar Iqbal gave arguments against the orders of detention of PTI leaders and workers arrested from Punjab.

The PTI has now suspended the Jail Bahro Tehreek to court arrest and pill prisons as part of its agitation against the government to conduct general elections.

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