PTI’s Yasmin Rashid remanded to police custody for 72 hours

LAHORE: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore has granted police a three-day physical remand of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Yasmin Rashid in a case linked to the vandalism of Corps Commander House in Lahore on May 9, ARY News reported on Monday.

During the hearing, a single-member bench of LHC – chaired by Judge Abhar Gul – approved a three-day physical remand of former Punjab minister and directed the police to present her in court on May 25.

At the outset of the hearing, the PTI leader contended that she was feeling better than before. However, she said, her blood pressure was not under control.

Meanwhile, Judge Abhar Gul told Rashid not to worry and assured her that she would be served justice.

In the last hearing, the anti-terrorism court delayed the physical remand of PTI leader Yasmeen Rashid in the Jinnah House attack and rioting case.

The court allowed Dr Yasmin Rashid to stay in the hospital and ordered the Medical Superintendent (MS) of Services Hospital to present the medical report on May 22.

It was further stated that until the fitness report of the accused is present, the court cannot approve her physical remand.

It is pertinent to mention here that PTI Central Punjab President Yasmin Rashid was taken into custody under section three of the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO).

Several PTI leaders including, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Asad Umar, Fawad Chaudhry, Jamsheed Iqbal Cheema, Musarrat Cheema, Falak Naz Chitrali and Malika Bukhari, Shireen Mazari, Qasim Suri, Ali Muhammad Khan and others had been arrested for ‘provoking’ people for violent protests following the arrest of party chairman Imran Khan.

Earlier, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf ticket holder Ibad Farooq revealed that PTI senior leaders and former Punjab minister Dr Yasmin Rashid and Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed are ‘responsible’ for the Jinnah House attack on May 9.