A Karachi court has confirmed bail for YouTuber Yasir Shami in a case involving the leak of inappropriate videos of the late televangelist Aamir Liaquat, a former member of the National Assembly, preacher, and host.

Yasir Shami was already out on bail in the case with a bond of Rs. 500,000, while the other suspect, Liaquat’s ex-wife Dania Shah, is also out on bail in the same case.

After the bail period expired, Yasir Shami appeared before the Karachi Sessions Court on September 5 and filed a new bail application. The court confirmed his bail under the same bond conditions.

Speaking to the media after being granted bail, Yasir Shami stated, “I am a journalist, and my responsibility is to report the news.”

His lawyer further added, “Shami did nothing wrong by sharing the news and did not break any laws.”

In June 2022, Aamir Liaquat Hussain was found unconscious at his residence and was later pronounced dead after being shifted to the hospital. Before his death, he had been under severe mental stress. A few weeks earlier, videos featuring him without clothes went viral.

Following Aamir Liaquat’s passing, his first wife, Bushra Iqbal, along with their son and daughter, filed a complaint against Dania Malik with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Karachi in July 2022, alleging her involvement in leaking the videos.

The FIA subsequently registered a case against Dania Shah under Sections 20, 21, and 24 of the PECA Act 2016 on October 10, 2022. She was arrested by the FIA from Lodhran, Punjab, in December 2022, but was later released on bail by a Karachi court.

At one point, the Judicial Magistrate of Karachi, East, also charged Dania Malik in a case related to the leaking of an indecent video on social media. The case remains under trial.