LAHORE: PTI MPAs Hafiz Farhat Abbas and Imtiaz Sheikh on Thursday escaped arrest after the Lahore High Court revoked their pre-arrest bail in two cases of May 9 riots.

Both leaders appeared before a twojudge bench comprising Justice Syed Shahbaz Ali Rizvi and Justice Muhammad Tariq Nadeem on expiry of their interim pre-arrest bail.

The prosecution presented record of the cases before the bench with a request to withdraw the concession of bail from the petitioners. A prosecutor said the petitioners had not joined the police investigation of the cases against them.

In the light of the prosecution report, the bench recalled the bail of the MPAs, who effortlessly fled the court after the announcement of the order.

Previously, the bench had granted bail to both MPAs after they expressed concerns that they might be arrested in old cases based on supplementary statements.-Staff reporter