RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorism Court has ordered the authorities to release Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rashid after approving his bail in the May 9 riots case.
On Saturday, Anti-Terrorism Court Judge Malik Ejaz Asif heard the case against Sheikh Rasheed related to the May 9 arson and vandalism.
No one appeared in the court on behalf of the prosecution while Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed’s lawyers Sardar Abdul Raziq Khan and Sardar Shehbaz appeared in the court.
A bail application was made by Sheikh Rasheed’s lawyers, which was granted by the court on a surety bound of Rs 200,000 and the hearing of the case was adjourned till February 12.
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