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PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Monday granted transit bail to Noreen Niazi, the sister of incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan, in a case registered under the Peca Act 2026, directing her to appear before the relevant Islamabad court on or before August 20.
In July, the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) registered a case against Noreen, accusing her of passing derogatory and inflammatory remarks against state institutions during a podcast interview and in subsequent clips shared on X.
A single-member PHC bench comprising Justice Arshad Ali heard Noreen’s petition, represented by a panel of lawyers, including Ali Zaman, Amir Zeb and Barrister Sarwar Muzaffar Shah
In its order issued on Monday, the bench stated that the petitioner had approached the court seeking transit bail in connection with a first information report (FIR) registered against her at the NCCIA police station in Islamabad on July 27 under various provisions of the Peca Act 2016 and the Pakistan Penal Code, enabling her to approach the competent court.
