LAHORE: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and other Pakistan MuslimLeague-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders have been booked on treason charges.
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The case was registered at the PS Shahdara on the complaint of a localcitizen Badar Rasheed.
Maryam Nawaz, former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, former federalministers Ahsan Iqbal, Pervez Rasheed, Khawaja and Rana Sanaullah were alsonamed in the case.
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Elder Sharif and other PML-N leaders are deliberately defaming the stateinstitutions and carrying out hate speeches, the FIR read.
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Badar Rasheed in his plea further stated that Nawaz Sharif is convicted byPakistani courts and doing speeches against the country’s institutions fromLondon.
He has urged the authorities to take action against Nawaz Sharif and otherPML-N leaders under the Pakistan Prevention of Electronic Crime Act.
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On Sunday, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Captain (retired)Safdar Awanlink hadalso been booked on treason charges over his anti-state speeches.
