Balochistan High Court orders release of Gazain Marri

QUETTA – The Balochistan High Court (BHC) has ordered the release of former provincial home minister Nawabzada Gazain Marri, who was arrested last month under Section 3 of Maintenance of Public Order.

Marri was arrested on the orders of the Quetta deputy commissioner. He had already been granted bail in the murder case of Justice Nawaz Marri.

He was arrested in Quetta last month upon his return to Pakistan from the United Arab Emirates after an 18-year long self-imposed exile.

The court has declared his detention as illegal and as against the law.