Three days ahead of Eid ul Fitr, the authorities today released People’s Democratic Party leader Naeem Akhtar from preventive detention after five months, the party said.

Akhtar was released after remaining in “illegal” incarceration for five months, a PDP spokesman said.

Welcoming the release, PDP general secretary Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura demanded the release of other political prisoners as well. Hanjura termed their detention illegal. — PTI

Courtesy: The Tribune: 10th May, 2021