Ex-MNA Shandana gets transit bail in sedition case

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday granted transit bail to former MNA and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader Shandana Gulzar until Feb 25 in a sedition case registered against her in Islamabad. Justice Syed Arshad Ali of a single-member bench directed the former lawmaker to produce two surety bonds of Rs100,000 each and appear before the relevant court in Islamabad. The FIR against the petitioner was registered at Islamabad’s Women Police Station on Jan 31 on the complaint of magistrate Abdul Hadi after she participated in a TV talk show. The case was registered under the Pakistan Penal Code’s Section 124-A (sedition), Section 153-A...

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