Hate Speech case: Court rejects Captain (retd) Safdar's bail plea.

LAHORE -- The court on Saturday rejected the bail plea filed by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Captain (Retd) Muhammad Safdar in the anti-government speech case.

Judicial Magistrate Salman Asif of the district court heard the petition of the PML-N vice-president Maryam Nawaz's husband.

During the hearing, the party's lawyer Farhad Ali Shah took the stand that the police do not have the authority to register the case. Shah stated that even if a provocative statement was given, the notification would have to be written as per law whereas Captain Safdar was not notified about it.

The lawyer continued saying that his client was arrested in a false lawsuit to prevent him from following his...