A sessions court in Lahore on Wednesday denied bail to journalist Azharul Haq Wahid, who has been accused of making ‘anti-state’ remarks and criticising former military strongman General (r) Pervez Musharraf on the social media. He argued that a judicial magistrate had dismissed Wahid’s bail application without considering the facts. “The young journalist has been targeted and arrested only to create further fear in the media,” Dawood said. The counsel for FIA opposed the bail plea, arguing that the journalist had “knowingly uploaded content against state institutions and government personalities”. “The suspect also shared an ‘offensive, edited’ version of the country’s national anthem on his Facebook page,” the FIA lawyer had informed the court.

Source: Pakistan Today January 29, 2020 17:37 UTC