Court grants bail in billboard case

A local court granted bail on Monday to Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) deputy advertisement director Muhammad Siddiq and approved the pre-arrest bail plea of KMC advertisement director Wazir Ali, in a case pertaining to a billboard falling on motorcyclists near Metropole Hotel last week. The South judicial magistrate was hearing the case at the Karachi City Court. Siddiq was presented before the court by the police and was granted bail by the magistrate against a surety of Rs100,000. The court also accepted Ali’s pre-arrest bail plea and restricted the police from arresting him till August 12. It further directed Ali to cooperate with the police in investigation.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 11^th, 2020.