FIR against Nawaz not filed on behalf of state: Police

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TLTP
LAHORE
Lahore Police on Tuesday clarified that the case against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif for delivering provocative speeches from London “to defame Pakistan’s institutions” was not filed on behalf of the state.
In a statement, a spokesperson of Lahore police said that a first information report (FIR) against the ex-premier and other senior PML-N leaders including Azad Kashmir’s PM Raja Farooq Haider was lodged on the complaint of a citizen.
The clarification from the police came after Prime Minister Imran Khan’s “extreme disappointment” over the development and strong reaction from the opposition parties.
The Shahdara police had registered the FIR on October 1 under sections 120, 120B, 121, 121A, 123A, 124, 124A, 153, 153A and 505 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) and Section 10 of Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016 against the PML-N leadership.
The police spokesperson said the reports circulating in the media that the FIR was filed on behalf of the state or a state institution are not true and the case was filed on the complaint of a citizen, Badar Rasheed, son of Rasheed Khan, a resident of Mohallah Khurshid Park, Shahdara.
“While processing the application as per the rules, Shahdara police had registered the case under the provisions of the law,” he said, adding, “the investigations are underway on merit and action would be taken only against those found guilty of the charges”.
Besides Nawaz Sharif, AJP PM Raja Farooq Haider and three retired generals are among 40 PML-N leaders nominated in the FIR.
Those booked under the above-mentioned sections include Raja Zafarul Haq, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Khurram Dastgir, Senator Lt Gen (retd) Abdul Qayyum, Senator Lt Gen (retd) Salahuddin Tirmizi, Lt Gen (retd) Abdul Qadir Baloch, Maryam Nawaz, Saleem Zia, Iqbal Zafar Jhagra, Ahsan Iqbal, Sheikh Aftab Ahmed, Pervaiz Rashid, Khawaja Asif, Rana Sanaullah, Begum Najma Hameed, Begum Zakia Shahnawaz, Tariq Razzaq Chaudhry, Sardar Yaqoob Nisar, Nawabzada Changez, Miftah Ismail, Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, Muhammad Zubair, Shiza Fatima Khawaja, Murtaza Javed Abbasi, Mehtab Ahmed Khan, Mian Javed Latif, Marriyum Aurangzeb, Attaullah Tarar, Chaudhry Birjees Tahir, Chaudhry Muhammad Jaffer Iqbal, Azma Bukhari, Shaista Pervez Malik, Saira Afzal Tarar, Begum Ishrat Ashraf, Waheed Alam, Raheela Durrani, Danial Aziz, etc.
Those included in the FIR for being part of the meetings through video link included Raja Farooq Haider Khan, Khawaja Saad Rafique, Amir Muqam, Irfan Siddiqui, etc.