Jailed Pakistani supermodel Ayyan Ali free after four months

Pakistan's supermodel Ayyan Ali has been in government custody since March when authorities caught her at the VIP lounge of Islamabad's airport with cash beyond permissible limit.

Now the model has been freed from the high-security jail in Rawalpindi on Thursday.

This relief comes four months after she was caught trying to fly to Dubai with half a million dollars in cash stashed in her luggage.

Under Pakistani laws, no one can carry over $10,000 on a flight, but authorities found $506,800 tucked into her luggage at the time.

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The court granted bail to Ali on Tuesday but the model was released on Thursday after her paperwork was completed.

Ali has been the focus of intense Pakistani media attention since she was caught on March 14.

Several rumours and stories were spun out during the four months period she spent in the jail. But it was not clearly known whether she owned the money or was trying to smuggle it on the behalf of someone else.

Ali mostly remained tight-lipped during court hearings but her lawyer insisted that she didn't want to take money outside Pakistan.

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