INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Police opens terrorism investigation against PML-N leadersPakistani authorities have opened a criminal
contested general election, according to a police report.The case relates to a march staged by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on
July 13, when Sharif returned to Pakistan, which defied a ban on holding public rallies on a Friday
The former premier was arrested minutes after landing in the country after being sentenced in absentia by an anti-corruption court last
week.Copies of two separate First Information Reports (FIR), which mark the formal opening of a criminal investigation, named PML-N leader
They include Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, another former prime minister.The FIRs cite section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act, which has broad
provisions defining terrorism to include creating public fear, and lists 10 alleged violations of ordinary criminal law including unlawful
message to rivals that the popular vote is still with the PML-N ahead of the July 25 election.National polls indicate a close race between
the ruling PML-N and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI, or Pakistan Justice Movement) led by former cricket star Imran Khan, with the
Pakistan Peoples Party in third place.Sharif, who was removed from office by the Supreme Court last year and sentenced to 10 years in prison
close to the election was unfair.
