Top Story April 28, 2021 LAHORE: An additional district and sessions court on Tuesday dismissed pre-arrest bail of the PMLN MNA Javed Latif after which he was arrested by the police. Javed Latif has been accused of allegedly defaming state institutions and inciting people against the state. As the hearing commenced on Tuesday in the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Wajid Minhas, counsel of Javed Latif argued that the FIR registered against his client was false and based on malice. He said the police have registered case against his client without listening to him. The counsel argued that the case against his client was registered on the basis of a conversation in a TV programme. He said a sedition case cannot be registered at the request of a citizen. He further said that such case cannot be registered on political talk. Astonishingly, the counsel alleged that a conspiracy was hatched to assassinate Maryam Nawaz and his client’s discussion was in that context. The counsel argued that it is a matter of investigation and his client yet has to be investigated along with the TV anchor. He said this is a bail matter of a Pakistani citizen and not of a terrorist, arguing that the police have no authority to register an FIR in these cases. The counsel implored the court to confirm the bail of his client.