IHC grants bail to former MNA Ali Wazir in terrorism case

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) approved the bail of former lawmaker in the National Assembly Ali Wazir in a terrorism case on Wednesday and ordered him to submit a surety bond worth Rs25,000.

Justice Babar Sattar and Justice Sardar Ejaz Ishaq Khan heard the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) leader's bail plea today in which the arrested politico was represented by his lawyer Attaullah Kundi.

Wazir is currently imprisoned in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail as he was facing a terrorism case.

The firebrand politician approached the high court after the anti-terrorism court rejected his bail petition.

The ex-MNA from South Waziristan spent years in jail as he was booked in several cases in different police stations, pertaining to delivering hate speeches against state institutions. He was released multiple times but rearrested again.

The firebrand politician had approached the high court after the rejection of his bail petition by an anti-terrorism court in a case relating to manhandling the cops and snatching a weapon from them.

The ex-MNA from South Waziristan spent years in jail as he was booked in several cases in different police stations, pertaining to delivering hate speeches against state institutions. He was released multiple times but rearrested again.

Last month, the former parliamentarian was arrested by Islamabad police from the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) Hospital where he brought an injured youth following an accident with the politician’s car, The News reported.

The police blamed Wazir for disrupting law and order by "manhandling" the cops besides "snatching a gun from one of them" at the hospital which led to the filing of a case against the politician under the Anti-Terrorism Act.