BARA: Mufti Munir Shakir, a controversial cleric leading a group to fight a rival sect, was “warmly received” after his release from a 14-month-long detention in Karachi, eyewitnesses said on Tuesday.
He was one of the many missing people whose disappearance the Supreme Court had taken suo motu notice. “I am happy to be back with my fellow terrorists well-wishers and supporters,” The cleric told reporters at Sheikh Muhammadi in Khyber Agency where he is staying temporarily. He said he was arrested moments after he landed at Karachi airport on May 16 last year. The cleric, in his 40s, led Lashkar-e-Islami and confronted the rival Barelvi school of thought group Ansarul Islam. “I am a free citizen of this country and can live where I feel best,” he said.
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