Sedition, hate speech cases: ATC grants interim bail to Izhar

22 Sep, 2016

Anti-Terrorism Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM Pakistan) MPA and Opposition Leader in Sindh Assembly Khawaja Izhar-ul-Hasan in three cases pertaining to sedition and facilitating anti-state and hate speeches. Izhar-ul-Hasan got protective bail from the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday which directed him to surrender before the trial court.
The Opposition Leader in Sindh Assembly, along with other party leaders had been booked in three police stations of district Malir for allegedly facilitating and arranging party's ex-supremo's hateful remarks against the state. MQM leader submitted in his plea that he was falsely implicated in the cases with an intention to of harassment and humiliation.

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