Terrorism charges added to FIR against Maryam, Safdar over NAB office clash
Pakistan, Sept. 5 -- Lahore police on Friday added Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) 1997 to the FIR against PML-N Vice-President Maryam Nawaz, her husband Captain (r) Safdar and party workers in a case relating to a clash outside the National Accountability Bureau's Lahore office.
Consequently, a sessions court in Lahore dismissed the plea for interim bail filed by 16 PML-N workers and directed all parties to approach the relevant forum. The investigating officer told the court that terrorism provisions have been added to the case, hence the case was no longer under the jurisdiction of the sessions court. To this, Safdar's counsel said it was unfortunate that terrorism charges were being added to a political case. "Police added ...
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