A judicial magistrate court in Karachi fixed November 20 for the indictment of anchor Iqrar-ul-Hassan in a case registered by the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) over alleged anti-state content on social media.
Iqrar-ul-Hassan appeared before the Judicial Magistrate East along with his lawyer. The court provided him with copies of the case documents and directed him to attend the next hearing, when charges will be formally framed. It had earlier accepted the NCCIA’s interim challan as the final report.
The NCCIA alleges that Hassan uploaded social media content criticising constitutional and administrative measures with the intention of inciting public disaffection against state institutions. He is currently out on bail, granted earlier this month by Judicial Magistrate East Gulraiz Memon against a solvent surety and a personal bond of Rs200,000 each.
