Mazari challenges sedition clause of PPC in IHC.

ISLAMABAD -- PTI leader and former federal minister for human rights Shireen Mazari has challenged sedition clause 124-A of Pakistan Penal Code in Islamabad High Court (IHC), ARY News reported on Thursday.

Mazari's counsel Abuzar Salman Niazi has filed petition against clause 124-A of PPC seeking the court to declare it as unlawful.

'The sedition clause being invoked to curb the freedom of expression,' according to the petition. ' Sedition clause 124-A has been in conflict with the fundamental human rights given in the constitution,' petitioner argued.

'Sedition cases used to...

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