Lashkar-e-Jhangvi chief walks free after bail

September 11, 2012 22:59

The leader of notorious anti-Shia extremist group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi was today freed from prison, a day after he was granted bail by a Pakistani court in a case registered against him for making hate speeches.

Malik Ishaq, the head of the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, was released from Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore. He had been granted bail against a surety of Rs 500,000 by an additional district and sessions court yesterday. Ishaq was arrested at Lahore airport on August 30 while returning to Pakistan from Saudi Arabia, where he had gone to perform the 'Umra' pilgrimage.

Though he had violated regulations by travelling abroad while free on bail, Ishaq was arrested for allegedly making a hate speech at a village on the outskirts of Lahore on August 9.

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