LAHORE
The Lahore High Court on Tuesday has ordered the release of fashion model Ayyan Ali, after accepting her bail plea.
A two-member bench of the Lahore High Court accepted Ayyan’s plea and she will soon be released from jail, sources said.
Earlier on Monday, a division bench of the LHC had allowed the model to place on record more documents in her bail application in the money laundering case. The bench had sought replies from the federal government and the Customs authorities.
In the application, Ayyan’s counsel Sardar Latif Khosa had submitted that she had been imprisoned for four months. He said under the Customs Act women suspects in money laundering cases could be freed on bail after completion of investigation.
He added that his client was a woman and investigation in the case had been completed so she should be released on bail.
Ayyan was arrested by the Customs officials from Benazir Bhutto International Airport, Islamabad, in March on charges of smuggling US $500,000 abroad. Since then, she is being held at Adiala Jail.