TikTokers Rajab Butt, Nadeem Naniwal Get Ten-Day Transit Bail

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Islamabad: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday granted 10-day transit bail to YouTubers and TikTokers Rajab Butt and Nadeem Naniwala, while ordering them to appear in the relevant courts.

Justice Raja Inaam Ameen Minhas heard the cases seeking transit bail for the social media stars, who appeared before the court along with their lawyers.

The lawyer said there is also a case in Karachi against his clients and prayed that the court grant them 15-day transit bail. The court stated that it is granting a ten-day transit bail and ordered both of them to approach the relevant court within 10 days.

It may be mentioned that both TikTokers were previously granted one-day protective bail by the IHC in cases related to the promotion of gambling applications and other cybercrimes.

Court Adjourns Cases Against PTI Founder, Workers

The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Wednesday adjourned hearings without proceedings due to the unavailability of PTI founder and Shah Mehmood Qureshi in the protest-related cases.

Anti-Terrorism Court Judge Tahir Abbas Supra marked the attendance of the present accused and adjourned further hearing in a case registered by Khanna Police Station.

However, the acquittal application filed by the accused in the case registered with Kohsar Police Station on the October 4 protest could not be presented. The court directed the parties to present arguments at the next hearing and adjourned the case until January 8.

During the hearing of cases registered at Shams Colony Police Station regarding the Azadi March, no further witness statements could be recorded. The court directed that the witness statements be presented at the next hearing and adjourned the case until December 22.

Statements of four prosecution witnesses have been recorded in previous hearings of the case.