MMA leader gets jail term for passing remarks against Musharraf

Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Hashmi has got five years jail term for making abusive remarks against President Pervez Musharraf.

An anti-terrorism court in the Pakistan city of Lahore has sentenced a MMA district leader to five years in prison for making abusive remarks against President Pervez Musharraf and Premier Shaukat Aziz.

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Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Hashmi, the district chief of the MMA in Kasur, had made the remarks at a public meeting against the Women Protection Bill, according to the prosecution.

The court passed the sentence against him on Thursday.