The Express Tribune: Mashal murder case: PHC turns down bail plea of accused

In this file photo, members of a Pakistani civil society demonstrate against the killing of Mashal Khan, a student at the Abdul Wali Khan University in the northwestern city of Mardan, in Karachi, Pakistan. (AP)

September 25 – The Express Tribune states that the bail of one of the prime accused in the Mashal Khan murder case was rejected by the Peshawar High Court on Monday. The decision was taken by a single bench of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Monday, comprising PHC’s Chief Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth, as it heard the bail application filed by Asad Katland through his lawyer Akbar Zaman Khattak.

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