HYDERABAD, May 19: The judicial magistrate-II, Hyderabad, Mr Ali Ahmed Wagan, on Thursday granted bail to office-bearers of the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum for Rs50,000 each. PFF president Mohammad Ali Shah, Sultan Sami Memon, Jamal Mustafa Shoro, Allah Dino Mallah and Mohammad Mallah were booked in an FIR lodged by the GOR police after they had staged a protest demonstration outside the fisheries department on Thadi Sarak on May 16.

Advocate Ayaz Tunio appeared on behalf of Jamal Mustafa Shoro and Mohammad Mallah while Ghulamullah Chang represented Sami Memon, Mohammad Ali Shah and Allah Dino Mallah.

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