A sessions court in Lahore on Saturday restrained police from arresting retired Capt Mohammad Safdar, the husband of PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz, after his accepting his application for pre-arrest bail.

Police had on Wednesday booked Safdar and 14 PML-N workers for hurling threats at policemen during the court appearance of party leaders.

According to the FIR, on the court appearance of Maryam and Hamza Shahbaz, some 15 PML-N workers, including Safdar, hurled threats at policemen and interfered in their official work.

It said Safdar snatched a baton from a policeman and tried to attack him with it.

On Thursday, Safdar filed an application for pre-arrest bail in the session court, saying the FIR against him and other party workers had been registered "with mala fide intention and ulterior motive".

Additional Sessions Judge Tajammul Shahzad Chaudhry approved his interim pre-arrest bail against a surety bond of Rs50,000.

The judge also sought a report of the case against Safdar from Islampura police station.

The hearing of the case was adjourned until Septemeber 7.

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