QUETTA: Balochistan High Court (BHC) on Monday granted an interim bail to the former Chief Minister of the province Jam Muhmmad Yousaf in the Bugti-murder case, DawnNews reported.

The two-member bench of the BHC comprised of Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel and Justice Ghulam Mustafa Mengal heard the case.

Hearing the pre-arrest bail petition filed by the former chief minister of Balochistan, Justice Mandokhel questioned Yousaf ‘how this is possible that you being chief executive of Balochistan were unaware about the operation in your province…If you were not taken into confidence then why did not you resigned in protest?”

“People should now understand the repercussions of supporting a ‘dictator’ (Pervez Musharraf) ,” he added.

Justice Mandokhel said that the FIR of the case was registered in December 2010 and Yousaf was consulting with the court after 2 years. It shows that the former CM neglected the court’s orders on purpose.

The bench approved three week interim bail of Jam Muhmmad Yousaf against the bond of 1 million rupees.

Notices were also issued for the home ministry and other pertinent departments regarding the case.

The hearing was subsequently adjourned until August 6.