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OMG! 26 yrs jail for Veena Malik and her husband

OMG! Veena Malik and her husband Asad Bashir to spend entire life in jail

Pakistan controversial actress Veena Malik and husband Asad Bashir Khan have been sentenced to 26 years in jail by an anti-terrorism court for allegedly airing a blasphemous programme. Apart from Veena and Bashir, Geo TV owner Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman was also sentenced to 26 years. 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.