Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi gets relief in corruption cases

An anti-corruption court Wednesday granted interim bail to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) President Pervaiz Elahi till May 23 in two cases filed against him, ARY News reported.

The former Punjab chief minister had approached court for interim bail in two different cases registered in Gujranwala and Gujrat.

It may be recalled that Mr Elahi had obtained protective bail from the Lahore High Court in two cases – one filed by the Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) and the other linked to terrorism.

He was granted bail in the corruption case until May 15 and in the terrorism case until May 4.

LHC’s Justice Safdar Saleem Shahid heard the petition against the ‘police and Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) actions’ against the former Punjab chief minister (CM).

Pervaiz Elahi’s lawyer appeared before Justice Safdar Saleem Shahid, who was hearing the petition in chamber.

ACE, police raid house

On April 28, the anti-corruption establishment (ACE) team along with police contingents raided former Punjab Chief Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) President Pervaiz Elahi’s house in Lahore.

It was learnt that 25 persons including a woman were arrested by ACE during the raid. However, Pervaiz Elahi was not arrested in the raid.

The eight-hour-long police action came to a halt after the Director General of Punjab’s Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE), Sohail Zafar Chattha, left the scene along with the police contingent.