Court dismisses Captain Safdar's bail plea

Police said a case was lodged against the PML-N leader for hate-speech against state institutions

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LAHORE: A bail plea of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader captain (retd) Muhamamd Safdar was dismissed on Saturday.

The plea was heard by  judicial magistrate Rana Asif Ali.

Safdar, the son-in-law of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, was arrested on Tuesday in a case that was lodged against the PML-N leader, under Section 124 A, after October 11 for the hate-speech against the state institutions.

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On October 12, a Lahore sessions court approved Safdar’s interim bail till October 26 in a case regarding interference in public matters and misbehavior with the police.