The PTI President and former chief minister of Punjab Parvaiz Elahi has filed a bail application in the anti-corruption court against a case of fake recruitment in the Punjab Assembly.
The court has issued notices to the anti-corruption authorities on Parvaiz Elahi.
Judge Khalid Mahmood Bhatti heard Parvez Elahi’s bail application.
The court will hear the bail application on June 7.
It is pertinent to note that Parvaiz Elahi is in jail on judicial remand in the fake recruitment case.
On Tuesday, the judicial magistrate rejected the request for physical remand of Parvez Elahi and sent the ex-CM on 14-day judicial remand.
It is pertinent to note that judicial magistrate of Lahore on Sunday announced reserved verdict in illegal appointments’ case against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) President and former chief minister of Punjab Parvez Elahi.
Magistrate Ghulam Murtaza Virk had reserved his verdict on the plea for the suspect’s physical remand.
The court sent Elahi to jail on 14-day judicial remand while rejecting the plea for physical remand.
According to an Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) spokesperson, Elahi recruited 12 Grade-17 officers in the Punjab Assembly against merit.
Earlier, after being re-arrested for the second time, PTI President was presented before the duty magistrate at the district courts on Sunday afternoon.
