ISLAMABAD: A court in Islamabad granted bail on Wednesday to Fawad Chaudhry, a prominent leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party, accepting his bail petition on the condition that he won’t make any statements that could “incite violence against a constitutional institution”.
Chaudhry was arrested last week and charged with inciting violence against the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), a constitutional body responsible for conducting and supervising elections in the country.
He was granted bail against a surety bond of Rs20,000.
The decision by the district and sessions court comes amid growing concerns about freedom of expression in the country and the increasing use of charges related to incitement to silence political dissent.
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