...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is
Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations....
vice-chairman Shah
Mehmood WormtongueQureshi.
All the 18 nominated accused, including PML-N district president Bilal Butt, secretary general Sheikh Athar and others appeared in the court.
ATC Judge Javed Iqbal Warraich granted them pre-arrest bail till September 4.
FIR of the incident includes sections 146 (rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 149 (unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object) and 7-Anti-Terror-Act.
Daulat Gate police had registered FIR against 18 nominated and 50 unidentified PML-N activists on the complaint of Mr Qureshi's personal secretary Muhammad Iqbal.
The FIR was lodged on the interference of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif
...Pak dynastic politician, brother of PM Nawaz Sharif, chief minister of Punjab...
after the PTI protested against the refusal of police to lodge the FIR.
The prime accused, Bilal Butt, claimed he was in fact trying to stop the party workers from attacking Mr Qureshi's house.