Supermodel Ayyan Ali was released from Adiala jail on Thursday where she was forced to spend another day despite obtaining bail from the Lahore High Court on July 13.
The model’s ‘robkar’ documents were issued early Thursday morning.
Ayyan was asked to furnish two surety bonds of Rs 500,000 each to the jail authorities for her release, but she could not be released on Wednesday, July 14, due to procedural formalities.
According to procedure, an accused can only be released following the issuance of a ‘robkar’, a court letter by the trial court.
In Ayyan’s case, this letter had to be issued by the special court for customs, excise and taxation but the judge for the court was on leave.
Ayyan was arrested by customs officials on March 14 from Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Islamabad after $508,000 were recovered from her possession.