KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday granted Pashtun TahafuzMovement (PTM) leader and Member National Assembly Ali Wazir bail in a hatespeech case filed against him at a Karachi police station.
A two-member bench led by Justice Muhammad Iqbal Kalhoro granted the jailedMNA from South Waziristan bail and ordered him to deposit an Rs0.5 millionsurety bond.
During the hearing, Salahuddin Gandapur, Wazir’s lawyer, maintained thatthe co-accused in the case MNA Mohsin Dawar was being considered for thepost of a federal minister while his client was imprisoned for being“anti-state.” The lawyer’s statements made Justice Kalhoro smile.
The SHC judge ordered the police to release the transcript of Ali Wazir’s“provocative” speech. He questioned how a person like police constableManzoor, who cannot understand Pashto, could claim that the speech incitedhatred against the army and the state.
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The judge then queried about Dawar, questioning why the other defendants inthe case had not been apprehended.
