In an unexpected move, supermodel Ayyan’s bail application was dismissed yesterday.
The bail application, filed by Ayyan’s lawyer Sardar Ishaq, was taken up at the court by Justice Mehmood Maqbool Bajwa on Tuesday.
Ishaq complained that women arrested in murder and other notorious crimes were released on bail but his client, who was arrested in a smuggling case, was awaiting a bail yet.
“Her intentions were not malafide as she was carrying all relevant documents,” he said.
The lawyer requested that since Ayyan’s interrogation had been completed, she should be released on bail and lead a normal life.
Prosecutor Farhat Nawaz Lodhi argued that in case of conviction, the supermodel could be fined to pay Rs500 million for smuggling $500, 000 and sentenced to a 14-year jail term.
He said the money she was taking out of the country was recovered from her baggage, which passed through scanner machine.
