ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court in Muzaffarabad city of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of poet Ahmed Farhad, who went missing for 15 days during the recent anti-government protests in the region.
The development comes a day after the court on Monday reserved its verdict after hearing arguments from both sides.
According to Geo News report, the poet's wife Uruj Zainab said that she will challenge the decision.
"Details as to why the bail was rejected were not given," he told a news conference.
Farhad, known for his defiant prose, came into limelight after he went missing during recent protests in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.Zainab said her husband was allegedly kidnapped from their home on May 14.
Subsequently, she moved the Islamabad High Court (IHC) for the recovery of her husband and also requested the court to identify, investigate and prosecute those responsible for his disappearance.
The poet remained missing for 15 days, Pakistan's Attorney General Mansoor Usman Awan said on 29 May, in response to IHC directions to recover the missing poet, that Farhad had been arrested and is in the custody of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir police. Was placed.
Following the developments, the poet's family met him at the Kahori police station outside Muzaffarabad.
The IHC had last week rejected the federal government's plea to close the case regarding the poet's recovery until he appears in the hearing.IHC Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, while hearing the petition filed by the poet's wife, rejected the plea of additional AGP, insisting that the case will end the day Farhad is produced before the court. .
However, Farhad's lawyer argued that the poet's family had gone to Dhirkot police station in PoK but he was not found there. The family was later informed that the poet had been shifted to Muzaffarabad for investigation.
The ATC ordered the poet's medical examination after his lawyer Iman Mazari requested the court to get Farhad medically examined.
The poet's family said they were worried that the poet was being given slow poison.
The IHC will resume hearing the case on June 7.
The development comes a day after the court on Monday reserved its verdict after hearing arguments from both sides.
According to Geo News report, the poet's wife Uruj Zainab said that she will challenge the decision.
"Details as to why the bail was rejected were not given," he told a news conference.
Farhad, known for his defiant prose, came into limelight after he went missing during recent protests in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.Zainab said her husband was allegedly kidnapped from their home on May 14.
Subsequently, she moved the Islamabad High Court (IHC) for the recovery of her husband and also requested the court to identify, investigate and prosecute those responsible for his disappearance.
The poet remained missing for 15 days, Pakistan's Attorney General Mansoor Usman Awan said on 29 May, in response to IHC directions to recover the missing poet, that Farhad had been arrested and is in the custody of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir police. Was placed.
Following the developments, the poet's family met him at the Kahori police station outside Muzaffarabad.
The IHC had last week rejected the federal government's plea to close the case regarding the poet's recovery until he appears in the hearing.IHC Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, while hearing the petition filed by the poet's wife, rejected the plea of additional AGP, insisting that the case will end the day Farhad is produced before the court. .
However, Farhad's lawyer argued that the poet's family had gone to Dhirkot police station in PoK but he was not found there. The family was later informed that the poet had been shifted to Muzaffarabad for investigation.
The ATC ordered the poet's medical examination after his lawyer Iman Mazari requested the court to get Farhad medically examined.
The poet's family said they were worried that the poet was being given slow poison.
The IHC will resume hearing the case on June 7.
