QUETTA – Jamhoori Watan Party Balochistan President Shahzain Bugti was released on bail from Quetta district jail on Tuesday, however, his 26 guards and party workers would be released tomorrow.
Shahzain, grandson of slain Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti, was arrested by Frontier Corps and local police on December 22 with his 26 men on charges of possessing a lager quantity of illegal arms. The Balochistan High Court on Monday granted him and 26 companions bail after the Quetta district and sessions judge rejected their bail plea.