Judge Abdul Ghaffar of the Additional Sessions granted interim bail to the former information minister and the minister of broadcasting, subject to a Rs50,000 surety bond.
The court granted bail to Fawad Chaudhry in a two-page written judgment, noting that it would be incorrect to hold him responsible for Lahore’s ongoing traffic congestion.
The previous year, Fawad Chaudhry and Shah Mahmood Qureshi were both arrested at the Race Court police station.
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The first information report (FIR) was lodged on the complaint of sub-inspector Race Course police station in Lahore that included charges of issuing threats, blocking roads, hate speech, and others.
The controversial statements were made by Chaudhry and Qureshi when PTI founder Imran Khan evaded arrest as his supporters prevented the Islamabad police from entering his Zaman Park residence in Lahore amid high drama.