PESHAWAR: A former colonel of the Pakistan Army, Ghaffar, who had been court-martialled for leading a group of army personnel supporting Al Qaeda, has been released from Peshawar Central Jail after serving four years in prison. According to a press release, issued by World PrisonersÂ’ Relief Commission of Pakistan Chairman Javed Ibrahim Paracha, a number of former army officers and ulema, booked in the Major Adil case, received Ghaffar on his release from prison. Ghaffar, who was earlier under detention at Attock Fort for two years, spent another two years in Hyderabad to plead his case before a tribunal.