UNS: Former Punjab chief minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi has been nominated in 20 new cases related to the May 9 violent riots, it is learned.
A report was submitted to the Lahore High Court by the inspector general of Punjab Police in this respect on Tuesday.
According to the report, a copy of which is available with Dunya News, Parvez Elahi has been named in three cases registered in Lahore, four cases registered in Faisalabad, 11 in Rawalpindi and one each in Attock and Gujranwala districts.
Justice Amjad Rafique of the Lahore High Court had ordered the Punjab police chief for providing details of the cases registered against the president of PTI’s Punjab chapter.
Earlier in the day, LHC’s Justice Sultan Tanveer approved the bail plea of Parvez Elahi in the Punjab Assembly illegal recruitments case.
The judge announced the decision which was reserved the day before.
