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Lahore-based academic Ammar Ali Jan released after receiving bail
Lahore-based academic Dr Ammar Ali Jan was released after receiving bail from Model Town Katchery following his arrest from his residence in an early morning raid on Saturday.
In a Facebook status posted in the early hours of Saturday following the raid, Jan wrote he was "under arrest at the Gulberg police station".
"There is an FIR against me for participating at the protest in Liberty against the killing of Professor Arman Loni," Jan's Facebook post said, adding that he was taken into custody at 4am which is when, he said, "the police raided my house".