Ali Wazir walks free from Karachi jail after over two years

KARACHI – Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader and member of the National Assembly (MNA) Ali Wazir was released from jail on Tuesday after than two years of detention in sedition cases. 

Wazir, who was arrested from Peshawar in 2020, was detained at the Central Jail Karachi for allegedly inciting public against the state institution. 

The lawmaker and other leaders of the PTM were booked in four identical cases registered at Sohrab Goth, Shah Latif Town and Boat Basin police stations uder anti-terrorism charges.

Wazir’s lawyer told media that his client secured bail from a court in a case registered against him. He said that whenever his client was acquitted or granted bail in one case, a new case was registered against him in Sindh or Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

He said Ali Wazir had secured bail in three case while acquitted in one case by anti-terrorism court. 

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