Defense Committee formed to take legal action for release of Yasin Malik: AJK President.

ISLAMABAD -- President Azad Jammu and Kashmir Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry has set up a defense committee that would take legal action to secure the release of Hurriyat leader Muhammad Yasin Malik who was convicted and sentenced by an Indian court in a manifestly dubious and politically motivated case last month.

The committee comprising of a team of Barristers including Barrister Tariq Mehmood, Barrister Karamat, Barrister Hasnat, Barrister Hafeez, Barrister Asad and Barrister Imran Khurshid from Ireland would also approach legal experts in the UK and India to seek further advice on the matter, said a press release issued here on Saturday.

Later, the AJK President while briefing media about his idea of establishing a committee of legal experts, said, 'In 1960's when Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah (SMA) was in jail, at that time my father Chaudhry Noor...

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