A court in Attock granted bail to Sheikh Rashid Shaifq, nephew of former interior minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

The court granted him bail against the surety bonds of worth Rs100,00.

It may be mentioned that former federal minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed's nephew MNA Sheikh Rashid Shafiq was held at the Islamabad airport upon his arrival from Saudi Arabia early Sunday morning.

He was arrested in the wake of the incident of slogan chanting at Masjid-e-Nabawi against Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his delegation ‘violating’ the sanctity of the Holy Mosque.