LAHORE: An additional district and sessions court here on Saturday granted interim bail to nine PML-N lawmakers including Rana Mashhood.
Another PMLN leader Attaullah Tarar secured his bail on Friday.
It is to be noted that the Punjab, led PTI-PML-Q, has lodged cases against PML-N lawmakers over the uproar in the Punjab Assembly in April during the election of the chief minister.
On Saturday, PML-N lawmakers including: Mashood, Saiful Malook, Rukhsana, Mirza Javed, Mian Rauf, Malik Habib, Awais Leghari, Khizer Khagga and Raja Sagher were granted interim bail until September 14, against the surety bonds of Rs50,000 each. The court directed the lawmakers to appear before police officers investigating the case.
Speaking to reporters outside the court, Rana Mashhood said that Pakistan was hit by massive flood but the Punjab government is occupied with political witch-hunt. He said that the central government was trying to provide relief to flood victims.
