KARACHI -- An antiterrorism court has awarded five-year imprisonment to journalist Nasrullah Chaudhry in a case pertaining to possessing literature against the state and spreading religious hatred. Mr Chaudhry, a journalist associated with Urdu-language daily Nai Baat, was found guilty of committing offenses punishable under Section 11-F (i) of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997 (a person is guilty of an offense if he belongs, or professes to belong, to a proscribed organization), Section 11-W(i) (printing, publishing or disseminating any material to incite hatred or giving projection to any person convicted for a terrorist act or any proscribed organization or an organization placed ...
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