Social activists granted pre-arrest bail.

PESHAWAR -- A local court here on Wednesday granted interim pre-arrest bail to two known female social activists charged with sedition by local police on account of staging a demonstration early this year.

The court of additional district and sessions judge, Nasrullah Khan, ordered the two petitioners, Ms Jamila Gillani, a former MNA, and Ms Sana Ijaz, to furnish two sureties of Rs8, each.

The court fixed July 4 for further proceedings on their respective pre-arrest bail petitions and also issued notices to the government.

Both the petitioners and several other social and political activists have been charged in an FIR registered at East Cantt Police Station on Jan 29 after a protest demonstration against arrest of...