Court grants bail to Pakistani Taliban chief’s father-in-law

Peshawar: A Pakistani court on Monday granted bail to an anti-US cleric and the father-in-law of Pakistani Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah over eight years after he was arrested on charges of sedition and terrorism. The Peshawar High Court granted bail to 84-year-old Maulana Sufi Muhammad, the chief of banned militant outfit Tehreek-e-Nifaz Shariat-e-Muhammadi, due to his old age and poor health. Muhammad was arrested in 2009 along with his two aides for inciting violence and committing terrorism. PTI