“He deserves to be released on bail,” Gul argued. Maulana Sufi Muhammad has been in prison for a long time, but no case could be proven against him in the court therefore, he should be released on bail, the lawyer insisted. The elderly cleric, who has FIRs registered against him in a Swat pstation, was arrested in March 2010. Lal Masjid cleric seeks action against online blasphemyAt that time, he was referred in an anti-terrorism court in 13 different cases. Subsequently, the single-member bench of Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth accepted Sufi Muhammad’s bail application.

Source: The Express Tribune January 08, 2018 15:00 UTC