Peshawar High Court announces verdict on bail plea of arrested JUI - F leader Mufti Kifayatullah

Peshawar High Court announces verdict on bail plea of arrested JUI - F leader Mufti Kifayatullah

PEAHAWAR - Peshawar High Court announces verdict on bail plea of arrested JUI - F leader Mufti Kifayatullah.

The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Thursday ordered the release of Mufti Kifayat­ullah, a central leader of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), on bail.

Kifayat­ullah was arrested by the Islamabad police on Sunday on charges of inciting people for participation in the October 31 anti-government 'Azadi March' and collection of donation for the protest.

A two-member bench of the high court based in Abbottabad comprising Justice Ijaz Anwar and Justice Shakeel Ahmad heard the bail petition which had been filed by the JUI-F.