GWADAR: Veteran politician and president of the Baloch Muttahida Mahaz (BMM) Yousuf Masti Khan was released from Gwadar jail on Friday after a local court granted him bail in a case pertaining to his ‘provocative and anti-state’ speech.

A bail application was moved by his counsel just a day after his arrest by the police on charges under Sections 121, 123-A, 124-A, 153, 109 and 34 of the Pakistan Penal Code. The veteran politician had made the speech while addressing participants of a sit-in in Gwadar on December 8.

After hearing the arguments of defence counsel, the court ordered his release on the surety bond of Rs100,000. Subsequently, he was released on bail from the Gwadar jail.

Published in Dawn, December 11th, 2021

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