SHC sets aside conviction of journalist jailed for five years
(WorldNews Pakistan)

The Sindh High Court on Wednesday set aside the five-year imprisonment awarded to senior journalist Nasarullah Khan by an anti-terrorism court for possessing literature and magazines of banned organisations, observing that the prosecution had failed to prove the charges against him. Nasrullah Khan, who has been associated with an Urdu daily, was jailed for five year by the ATC on December 26, 2019 for possessing literature and magazines of outlawed organisations that incited hatred against state institutions and the government, besides having links with activists of banned outfits. According to the prosecution, the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) had arrested Khan on the basis of a...