LAHORE: A district and sessions court in Lahore on Monday put off an application seeking physical remand of Muhammad Safdar, son-in-law of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, in hate speech case till Tuesday. Earlier, on Oct 22, a judicial magistrate had sent Safdar to prison on judicial remand for fourteen days in a case pertaining to hate speech. Judicial Magistrate Rana Asif Ali rejected a request to discharge the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader in the case. He also rejected a plea by Punjab police to hand Safdar over to them for interrogation. Safdar was arrested by the police on the night of Oct 21 from the motorway on the charge of issuing remarks and inciting public against the state.

Source: Pakistan Today October 28, 2019 14:37 UTC