Ali Wazir released on bail

ISLAMABAD:  An anti-terrorism court in Islamabad has accepted the bail plea of former lawmaker and co-founder of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader Ali Wazir in an alleged fraud case registered against him at the Bara Kahu Police Station in the federal capital.

Anti-Terrorism Court Judge Abul Hasnat Muhammad Zulqarnain on Monday heard the bail plea of the former MNA.

While granting him bail, the judge ordered Wazir’s release against a surety bonds of Rs20,000.

Imaan Mazari granted bail, Ali Wazir sent to jail

Former lawmaker Ali Wazir and human rights advocate Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir were arrested on August 20 by the Islamabad police for an investigation after the PTM held a public rally in the federal capital.

Before their arrest, the duo had attended a public rally of the PTM in the federal capital.

The arrests elicited condemnation by local and international humn rights organisations, political leaders and activists on social media. INP