Pakistan's 'One Pound Fish' man gets bail over loan default

Pakistani singer Shahid Nazir, who gained worldwide fame with his catchy "One Pound Fish" song, has been granted bail by a court in a case filed against him for defaulting on a loan.
The Banking Court here had issued an arrest warrant for Nazir for not appearing before it and directed police to produce him.
Nazir appeared in the court yesterday with his lawyer and sought bail. He requested the court to grant him bail as he would appear in every future hearing.
The court accepted the request and allowed bail.
Nazir hit global fame when people uploaded videos on YouTube of him singing his self-composed ditty at an east London market. The videos notched up millions of views.

He later landed a deal with a record firm but had to leave Britain over visa problems.
Nazir and his two brothers, owner of Rajpoot Goods Transport, had taken a loan of Rs 6.4 million from a leasing company in 2007 to purchase trailers but failed to pay it back.
A case was registered against Nazir and his brothers in 2008 and they were arrested but later released on giving an undertaking to repay the loan. However, they again defaulted.