IHC rejects woman's plea in drugs case

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday rejected the post-arrest bail plea of a 65-year-old woman in drugs case and ordered the trial court to conclude the case within eight months.

Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani issued a written decision rejecting bail of woman Shaheen Akhtar. The decision said that according to the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF), "hashish" was recovered from the accused during a search of a passenger van on a tip-off.

The ANF's special prosecutor opposed the accused's bail application and also presented the video recording of the hashish recovery from the accused in the court.