India, May 26 -- A university student in Pakistan has been sentenced to over two years in prison by an anti-terrorism court (ATC) for seeking bomb-making tutorials through social media platforms, a law enforcement official confirmed on Monday.

Hannan Abdullah, a student of Human Resource Studies at the University of Narowal in Punjab province of Pakistan, was fined PKR 50,000 in addition to the prison term of two years and six months handed down by ATC Judge Manzer Ali Gill, according to a PTI news agency report.

Arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in 2022, Abdullah had reportedly used social platforms like Facebook and Instagram to connect with individuals linked to terrorist activities in Iraq.

"The prosecution informe...