Tag: FIR
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TLP’s Pir Zaheerul Hasan Shah arrested for inciting violence against CJP Isa
Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) Vice Emir Pir Zaheerul Hasan Shah was arrested on Monday for inciting violence against the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa, Geo News reported. His arrest came after a case was filed against him for an inflammatory speech targeting the CJP outside the Lahore Press Club during a protest against…
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FIR registered against Ahmadis for sacrificing goats on Eid-ul-Azha
As Eid-ul-Azha approached, Muslims around the world including in Pakistan celebrated by enjoying public holidays, holding large social gatherings, giving meat to the needy but it has not been a festival for the minority Ahmadi community as right-wing religious activists, mostly from Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), targeted them on the Holy days. Social media is abuzz…
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Court grants bail to Kashmiri poet Ahmad Farhad
The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) High court has granted post-arrest bail to Kashmiri poet Ahmad Farhad on Friday. The court approved the poet’s plea against a surety bond worth Rs200,000. AJK High Court Chief Justice Sadaqat Hussain Raja announced the verdict. Last week, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) declared Farhad a “missing person” and…
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Shah Mahmood Qureshi implicated in eight more cases related to May 9
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice-Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi was implicated in eight more cases related to the May 9 riots on Sunday. Qureshi is currently incarcerated in Adiala Jail on multiple charges while also serving a 10-year sentence under the Official Secrets Act by a special court. May 9 riots took place when PTI founder Imran…
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They wanted to slit my throat, says PTI’s Raoof Hasan
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Information Secretary Raoof Hasan survived a dangerous attack in Islamabad earlier this week. He has claimed that the attackers wanted to “slit” his throat. Hasan, while addressing a press conference in Islamabad, broke down in tears saying that his party colleagues faced much worse scenarios compared to what he suffered. The Secretary…
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Poet Ahmad Farhad abducted from his residence
Well-known poet and media personality Ahmad Farhad has been abducted by unknown men on Wednesday from his house in Islamabad, his wife Ain Naqvi confirmed on X (formerly Twitter). Farhad’s wife wrote on X, “They broke the CCTV cameras of the house and took away the digital video recorder (DVR).” In another post on X,…
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PML-N MPA faces charges for allegedly torturing PTI MNA’s servant
A case has been filed against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MPA Malik Tariq Awan for allegedly mistreating a servant of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) MNA Asif Khan, in Peshawar. Police confirmed that the case has been filed against PML-N’s MPA on behalf of Asif’s servant. Malik Tariq Awan will face multiple charges,…
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Viral video ‘exaggerated, out of context’, police issues statement after social media pressure
On Wednesday, the Punjab Police condemned the “fake propaganda” being spread on social media websites after videos emerged showing cops being assaulted by Pakistan Army officers in Bahawalnagar. “This matter in Bahawalnagar, which went viral on social media, has been taken out of context and exaggerated,” the police said in a statement on X, formerly…
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How Qari Muawiyah’s acquittal in attempted rape case is violation of Supreme Court orders
A high-level police inquiry into the case of attempted rape of a 12-year-old boy in Tandlianwala, Faisalabad, has declared the acquittal of the suspect nominated in the initial FIR on the mediation of a ‘Jirga/Panchayat’ a sheer violation of the Supreme Court’s judgment. The legal status of the ‘council of elders’, ‘Panchayat’ or ‘kangaroo courts’…
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‘Possible short circuit’, Police launch investigation into Gujjar Khan church fire
The Punjab government has initiated a thorough investigation into the burning of a church in Gujjar Khan, The News reported on Monday. However, police of that specific location didn’t register a first information report (FIR) of the case. Investigators explained that the church had been constructed on land owned by the National Highway Authority (NHA)…