JUI-F's Mufti Kifayatullah granted bail

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Thursday granted bail to Mufti Kifayatullah, a Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-F (JUI-F) leader from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. 

A division bench of the PHC's Mansehra circuit ordered the authorities to release the cleric who was detained in Haripur Jail.

Also read: JUI-F leader Mufti Kifayatullah arrested from Islamabad

Mufti Kifayatullah was arrested from Islamabad on Sunday for making inflammatory statements against state institutions.

He was arrested on the day his party started the Azadi March from Karachi.

Led by Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Azadi March would culminate in Islamabad on October 31.

The protest march is backed by opposition parties including the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Pakistan Peoples Party and the Awami National Party.