| A cleric, Maulana Muhammad Shoaib, was released on Saturday from police custody after he assured a judicial magistrate that he would not harm peace in Peshawar. The cleric, who was thrown out of a mosque in the Shoba Bazaar on Monday for being involved in embezzlement, used threatening language on Thursday saying if his position as a prayer leader was not restored he would 'turn Peshawar into Wana'. He was arrested on Friday. "We took Mr Shoaib into preventive custody following his threat to disturb the public order," Abid Ali, the senior superintendent of police (SSP), told Daily Times on Saturday. He said Mr Shoaib was arrested under 107 section which dealt with public order. The SSP said District Nazim Azam Afridi ordered the police to arrest Mr Shoaib after he addressed a news conference at the Peshawar Press Club on Thursday. |