ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court of Pakistan Tuesday granted bail to Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) leader and MNA Ali Wazir subject to deposit of Rs0.4 million as surety. A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Justice Sardar Tariq Masood and comprising Justice Amin ud Din Khan and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel conducted hearing of the bail application of PTM leader against the Sindh High Court (SHC) verdict. Justice Tariq said that they (bench) would confine themselves only to the rule of consistency. He noted that though Noorullah Tarin, Sher Muhammad and others, who as per the FIR, registered in a police station in Karachi, also delivered hate speeches against the state institutions, but they were granted bails, while Ali Wazir is behind the bar for almost one year. Peshawar police had arrested Mohammad Ali, better known as Ali Wazir, and others in December 2020 on the request of Sindh police for allegedly using defamatory and provocative language against state institutions and the army during a rally in Sohrab Goth.