Actor Asad Malik freed on bail after being arrested for carrying gun with expired license

A Cantonment Court on Tuesday granted actor Asad Malik bail after he was arrested in Lahore a day earlier for carrying an automatic firearm with an expired license.

Malik's bail was set at Rs50,000.

Yesterday, the Airport Security Force (ASF) at Lahore's Allama Iqbal Airport had taken Malik into custody after he was found to be in possession of an automatic firearm with an expired license.

The weapon was also taken into custody by the ASF.

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Asif

Nov 13, 2018 03:19pm

I remember he was involved in another similar kind of an incident.

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Nov 13, 2018 04:25pm

Weapon on airport. Is it allowed either licenced or even without ????.

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ahamed

Nov 13, 2018 09:23pm

Why was he carrying a weapon so powerful? He should answer a lot of questions!

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