LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Thursday extended the interim bail of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan till May 16 in two cases.

The court also extended the interim bail of PTI leaders, Farrukh Habib, Fawad Chaudhry, Hammad Azhar, and others till May 16 in the cases.

ATC Judge Ijaz Ahmad Buttar conducted the hearing on bail petitions of Imran Khan and other PTI leaders.

During the proceedings, Imran Khan and Fawad Chaudhry did not appear before the court.

Their counsel submitted exemption applications and requested to exempt them from personal appearance for one-day, which was accordingly allowed by the court.

Racecourse Police had registered the cases against the PTI chief and other party leaders and workers on charges of attacking the police teams and burning official property and vehicles outside his Zaman Park residence. The cases had been registered under sections of Pakistan Penal Code and Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997.