An Islamabad court on Friday granted post-arrest bail to journalist Waheed Murad against Rs50,000 surety bail bonds following his two-day physical remand under the country’s cybercrime laws for allegedly posting “intimidating content” online.
His family had earlier filed a petition before the Islamabad High Court (IHC) for his recovery, saying that he was “forcibly disappeared by unknown” individuals from his house in the federal capital.
The petition, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, was filed by Murad’s mother-in-law Abida Nawaz through lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha.
Murad was produced by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Friday before a district and sessions court following the completion of his two-day physical remand.
The case was heard by Judicial Magistrate Abbas Shah, and Murad was represented by lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha.
Judge Shah asked the FIA what evidence has been collected.
Mazari said: “He has quoted and posted the words of Akhtar Mengal.”
The court granted Murad’s post-arrest bail in the sum of Rs50,000 surety.
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