LAHORE: The Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) on Tuesday arrested Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MP Mian Javed Latif after a sessions court rejected his bail request in a case pertaining to inciting people against state institutions. The defense, Farhad Ali Shah, said the MP was arrested “before the verdict is announced” which “is a violation of the law”. A first information report (FIR) was registered against Latif in March for defaming state institutions and delivering hateful remarks about them. The complainant had claimed that the politician, by making the statements, “threatened” the country’s security, government, and state institutions. The lawmaker, he further said, sowed “seeds of hate” between the PPP and PML-N workers.

Source: Pakistan Today April 27, 2021 05:59 UTC