SAHIWAL: Anjuman-i-Mazareen Punjab (AMP) leader Mehr Abdus Sattar was granted bail in some cases against him late on Saturday by Anti-Terrorism Court Special Judge Malik Shabbir Hussain Awan.

The judge told Sattar to submit Rs200,000 surety bond, though he would still not be released.

Sattar had been granted bail in a couple of cases, but there were over a hundred other cases against him due to which he would remain imprisoned in the high-security prison here.

Sattar had been arrested and booked in 150 criminal cases by the police and security agencies. He was also booked under high treason charges. In April 2016, Sattar had given a call for an All Punjab Peasant Convention in village 4/4-L of the Okara Military Farms. The then Okara district coordination officer Sucrat Aman Rana had ordered for his detention for 30 days for violating Section 16 of the Maintenance of Public Order.

District Police Officer Faisal Rana and others booked him in more than 150 cases on directions of law enforcement agencies. At that time he had claimed that Sattar had been taken into “preventive custody” and these measures were taken under National Action Plan.

LOADSHEDDING: The Multan Electric Power Company has increased unscheduled loadshedding in both Sahiwal and Pakpattan districts.

Between six and eight hours of outages were being observed in various areas of both districts. Among rural areas, loadshedding from eight to 10 hours a day was being observed.

Published in Dawn, May 29th, 2017

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