#Islamabad: Pakistani Actress Veena Malik with her husband and the owner of biggest media group, Geo TV had been sentenced to 26 years in prison by an anti-terrorism court for allegedly airing a blasphemous programme.
Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, owner of Geo and Jang group, was accused of allowing the airing of a blasphemous programme by Geo television in May, which played a religious song while staging a mock marriage of Malik with Bashir.
Judge Shahbaz Khan also sentenced both Malik and Bashir along with TV host Shaista Wahidi for 26 years each. The ATC also imposed a 1.3 million Pakistani rupees fine on the convicts and ordered that their properties should be sold to raise the fine, if they failed to pay it.
In his judgment, judge said that all four accused committed profanity. In its 40-page verdict, court asked the police to arrest the convicts.
He said that the convict can appeal in the regional high court in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Reports claimed that there all four are out of Pakistan. Rahman resides in the UAE and the other three also went abroad after recieving threats by militant organisations. It is not known when the arrests would be carried out.
Bureau Report
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