KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) granted bail to former SSP Malir Rao Anwar on Tuesday in the Naqeebullah Mehsud murder case. The former SSP Malir has been directed to pay Rs1 million in bail bonds.

Anwar, along with 11 of his subordinates, was facing trial before the ATC for allegedly killing Mehsud, a shopkeeper and aspiring model from South Waziristan, and three others in a staged encounter on January 13 in Malir. Another case was registered against Anwar for possession of explosives and illegal weapons. He is yet to be granted bail in that case. The ATC had reserved its verdict on Anwar’s bail petition on July 5.—INP