An AFP reporter on Monday granted bail to 10 MPs from the country's former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan.
At least 30 people, including 10 MPs, Imran Khan's political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) were taken into police custody on Tuesday after leading a rally in the outskirts of the capital Islamabad.
The anti-terror court has granted bail to the 10 people for 30 thousand rupees ($100).
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has been in jail since August last year on several charges, saying that these charges have been brought about politically intent to keep him out of power, while his party PTI has been under heavy pressure since Imran Khan was imprisoned.
The 10 members of the 10 bailed MPs were detained from their office in the Pakistan National Assembly and were charged under the Demonstration Act and the Anti-Terrorism Act.
The 10 people have been accused of violating the law called ‘The Peaceful Assembly and Public Order Act 2024’. The law has been passed a day before the assembly. The law has imposed restrictions on the assembly. If the people who have held ‘illegally’ rallies and repeat the same incident for three years and the same incident, the law will impose 10 years in prison. It will be a right of 10 years of imprisonment. It will be a right of freedom of speech and peaceful movement.
The PTI protesters clashed with the police at the end of the rally on the outskirts of Islamabad on Sunday. The day after the incident, the police were arrested by the police.
‘The party organized the protest rally demanding ’imrampment of Imran Khan' immediately from prison. To release Imran Khan, the government was tied for two weeks from the protest rally.
