The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday granted bail to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) President Parvaiz Elahi in the case of the appointment of Muhammad Khan Bhatti as principal secretary, against a bond of Rs0.1 million. Amir Saeedran advocate pleaded before the court that the judicial magistrate discharged Muhammad Khan Bhatti and contrary to the fact Pervez Elahi became the CM, the notification for the principal secretary was issued by the then chief secretary. He argued that the case was established on political grounds. Earlier, the Lahore High Court (LHC) rejected Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elah's petition seeking the 'Peacock' as his election symbol for the upcoming February 8 elections. Pervaiz Elahi has lost the elections. The high court upheld the Election Commission's decision that had previously allotted the symbol of a 'donkey cart' to Pervaiz Elahi.

Former Chief Minister of Punjab and PTI leader, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, had approached the Lahore High Court, challenging the election symbol assigned to him and requesting a review. He pleaded for the symbol of a 'peacock' to be granted instead. Despite the Supreme Court of Pakistan granting permission last Friday for Pervaiz Elahi to contest the elections, the Lahore High Court bench, headed by Justice Shahid Bilal Hasan, ruled against his plea for a symbol change. The court maintained that the Election Commission's decision to assign the 'donkey cart' symbol to Pervaiz Elahi would stand. He pointed out the consolidation of the results point, on which the IHC CJ remarked the Returning Officer (RO) must have done the consolidation first.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)