ATC grants bail to Ali Zaidi in 'vandalism' case

ATC grants bail to Ali Zaidi in 'vandalism' case

Pakistan

PTI's Bilal Ghaffar, Saeed Afridi and others have already secured bail in the case.

KARACHI (Dunya News) – An anti-terrorism court on Friday granted bail to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Ali Zaidi and stopped police from arresting him. 

Ali Zaidi, who was accused of vandalism and rioting in the DRO office at Keamari on the matter of local government election results, appeared before the court and filed a bail application. The ATC approved the PTI leader s bail application against a surety bond of Rs30,000 and restrained police from arresting him till Jan 28. 

PTI s Bilal Ghaffar, Saeed Afridi and others have already secured bail in the case. 

Speaking to the media on this occasion, PTI Sindh president Ali Zaidi said the party was in contact with Hafiz Naeemur Rehman (of the Jamaat-e-Islami) for the top slots in the local government. “Hafiz Naeemur Rehman is coming to meet us tomorrow (Saturday). Matters will be finalised after the meeting,” he added. 

Ali Zaidi further said Peoples Party was a "Zardari mafia" and there would be no dialogue with it.