Petiti­on seeks access to Dr Aafia Siddiq­ui, counse­l moves court for her repatr­iation­KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) acquitted on Wednesday journalist Nasrullah Chaudhry, who was earlier convicted by an anti-terrorism court (ATC) for possessing prohibited literature. The counsel also said that a fake FIR was registered against his client in the case. Both of them have been accused in a case pertaining to illegally leasing state land to an oil manufacturing company. Zaman’s counsel gave a copy of the bail plea to the petitioner’s counsel at the hearing. Adil Zaman and his brother Atif Zaman are imprisoned on charges of perpetrating Abbas’ murder, though they are yet to be indicted.

Source: The Express Tribune April 09, 2020 03:33 UTC