Gujranwala
A Gujranwala sessions court on Friday granted interim bail to Captain (retired) Muhammad Safdar Awan, the son-in-law of PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif, in a sedition case.
He appeared before Additional Sessions Judge Arshad Mahmood who approved his bail plea and directed him to furnish surety bonds worth Rs50,000 to secure the bail. A first information report (FIR) was registered against Capt (retd) Safdar Awan and a PML-N MPA, Imran Khalid Butt, at a police station in Gujranwala’s Satellite Town. According to the FIR, Captain (retd) Safdar Awan had threatened to topple the government through protests and allegedly provoked people against the state and its institutions.–INP