Omar Ayub granted one-month transit bail

The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Friday granted transit bail to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief organiser and the party candidate for premiership Omar Ayub for one month so that he could appear before the courts in 24 cases registered against him.

PHC Chief Justice Muhammad Ibrahim Khan heard a petition filed by Ayub for transit bail.

Ayub’s lawyer apprised the court that 24 cases were registered against the petitioner, including four in Lahore, two in Islamabad, 13 in Rawalpindi, three in Attock and one in Gujranwala.

The lawyer said that the petitioner was also a candidate for the post of prime minister.

Chief Justice Ibrahim asked Additional Attorney General (AAG) Daniyal Chamkani about his views as to how much time should be given to the petitioner.

AAG Chamkani suggested that one month’s time should be given and the court concurred.

The petitioner’s lawyer also requested the court that there might be some supplementary cases in which bail should also be granted.

The chief justice remarked that the bail had been granted and no one would arrest Ayub.