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MNAs Wazir, Dawar granted bail

By Abdus Salam 2019-09-19
BANNU: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday granted bail to MNAs Ali WazirandMohsinDawarintheKhargamar incident wherein a clash between security forces and activists of the Pashtun Tahaf fuz Movement in May had left 13 people dead and several others injured.

The Bannu bench of the high court headed by Justice Nasir Mehfooz accepted bail petitions of the MNAs on the condition of furnishing two surety bonds of Rs1 million each. The court directed the two lawmakers to appear before a relevant police officeronce a month.

Lawyers Abdul Lateef Afridi, Sangeen Khan and Tariq Afghan said the case against their clients was of political victimisation and based on mala fide intention.

They said there was no direct ocular or circumstantial evidence against them suggesting their connection, even remotely, with the commission of the of fence as mentioned in the FIR and on the basis of record the case against them needed further probe.

Mr Afridi told Dawn that the court had yet to release the detailed order after which it would be 1(nown what conditions were attached with the bail.