Hassaan Niazi, nephew of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, was granted bail on Saturday on submitting Rs300,000 worth of surety bonds by a court in Quetta. The Judicial Magistrate 3 granted bail to Hassaan Niazi who had arrived in the Balochistan provincial capital on Saturday with Quetta police on one-day transit remand.

The lawyers of Insaf Lawyers Forum and Hafeezullah Niazi, Hassaan Niazi’s father, were present in the court. It is to be noted here that the PTI workers, who had been arrested during a protest in Quetta, took the name of Hassaan Niazi during interrogation. They said that they had protested in Quetta on the direction of Hassaan Niazi. A case had been registered against the PTI workers under various provisions including protesting at Airport police station and blocking roads.

Credit : Independent News Pakistan-INP