--- title: "Sessions court dismisses Azma Bokhari’s plea in cybercrime case" description: "Most outlets reported that the Lahore sessions court dismissed Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari’s petition in a cybercrime case, emphasizing the court’s decision to uphold the requirement for her to appear in person. One outlet noted the specific legal term used — \"criminal revision petition\" — while another highlighted the method of evidence recording in question — via video link. Both excerpts described the same legal outcome but framed the key issue slightly differently." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/2669-court-rejects-azma-s-plea-to-record-evidence-via-video-link site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Sessions court dismisses Azma Bokhari’s plea in cybercrime case pakistan · latest filing 11 Aug 2026, 9:52 AM PKT · 11 Aug 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that the Lahore sessions court dismissed Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari’s petition in a cybercrime case, emphasizing the court’s decision to uphold the requirement for her to appear in person. One outlet noted the specific legal term used — "criminal revision petition" — while another highlighted the method of evidence recording in question — via video link. Both excerpts described the same legal outcome but framed the key issue slightly differently. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Dawn** — [Court rejects Azma’s plea to record evidence via video link](https://www.dawn.com/news/2022001/court-rejects-azmas-plea-to-record-evidence-via-video-link) · 11 Aug 2026, 9:52 AM PKT > LAHORE: A sessions court has dismissed a criminal revision petition filed by Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari, upholding a lower court’s decision that she must appear in person to record her statement in a cybercrime case. The provincial minister had assailed the decision passed by a judicial magistrate on Feb 10. The magistrate had earlier turned down her request to record her statemen... - **Business Recorder** — [Azma’s plea in cybercrime case dismissed](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40434213/azmas-plea-in-cybercrime-case-dismissed) · 11 Aug 2026, 5:00 AM PKT · 89% identical wording to the newest filing > LAHORE: A sessions court has dismissed a petition of Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari, challenging a lower court’s decision directing her to appear in person to record her statement in a cybercrime case. The magistrate had earlier turned down her request to record her statement as complainant through video link. PTI social media activists Falak Javed and Muhammad Shafiq remain in police... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Azma Bukhari records statement in fake video case](https://harzaviya.com/stories/6071-azma-bukhari-records-statement-in-fake-video-case-at-lhc) · 3 Sep 2026 · 7 outlets · 79% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 11 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.