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An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Muzaffarabad on Tuesday rejected the bail petition of Kashmiri poet Ahmed Farhad a day after reserving its verdict.
The court, on Monday, heard arguments from both sides before reserving its decision.
Farhad, known for his defiant prose, came into the spotlight after he went missing during recent protests in Azad Jammu and Kashmir
The poet remained missing for 15 days before Attorney General for Pakistan, Mansoor Usman Awan, on May 29, told Islamabad High Court that Farhad was arrested and in AJK police’s custody.
Just two days before the hearing of his bail plea, the ATC had ordered a medical examination of the poet amid concerns of slow poisoning.
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