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Azhar shifted to residence

ISLAMABAD, MARCH 27. The Pakistan Government has shifted Masood Azhar, leader of the banned outfit, Jaish-e-Mohammad, from prison to his house in Bahawalpur in Punjab.

Azhar has been under detention since December 25 last. He was shifted on March 25 under heavy police escort, media reported here.

He was shifted on the orders of the Lahore High Court Review Board, which had accepted his plea for shifting him from Mianwali jail, the daily, The Dawn, reported.

Besides converting his house into a sub-jail, the Government would also pay Rs. 10,000 to his family here as sustenance allowance.,.

— PTI

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