Peshawar High Court grants transit bail to Noreen Niazi in Peca case
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Monday granted transit bail to Noreen Niazi, the sister of incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan, in a case registered under the Peca Act 2016, directing her to appear before the relevant Islamabad court on or before August 20. In July, the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) registered a case against Noreen, accusing her of passing…
The Peshawar High Court recently granted transit bail to Noreen Niazi, sister of PTI founder Imran Khan, in connection with a case registered under the Peca Act 2026. The court directed her to appear before an Islamabad court on or before August 20. The case stems from allegations of making derogatory and inflammatory remarks against state institutions during a podcast interview and subsequent clips shared on social media platform X. Noreen's petition argued that she was falsely implicated and that there was insufficient evidence to connect her to the alleged offense.
The court accepted her application, granting her ad-interim transit pre-arrest bail upon providing bail bonds of Rs80,000 with two sureties.
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