LAHORE: Police have booked PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz and over 150 others, including many stalwarts of the party, for holding a rally at Minar-i-Pakistan on Dec 13 on charges of violating the standard operating procedures (SOPs) related to the Covid-19, damaging public property and breaking the park gate locks.
Besides the PML-N vice president, the FIR, registered by the Lorry Adda police, included former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, former foreign minister Khwaja Asif, former National Assembly speaker Ahsan Iqbal, Marriyum Aurangzeb, Rana Sanaullah, Talal Chaudhry, Saad Rafique, Pervaiz Malik, Sheikh Rohail Asghar, Azma Bokhari, Samiullah Khan, Afzal Khokhar, Saif Khokhar, Rana Tanvir, Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman, Javed Hashmi, Rana Mashhood, 25 other party leaders and 100-124 unidentified stick-wielding persons ‘several of whom were dressed in khaki shalwar kameez’ (Ansarul Islam of JUI-F ) on the complaint of Mohammad Zameer, the security in-charge of the Greater Iq
Police reply sought on plea against Achakzai
National
December 16, 2020
LAHORE: A sessions court on Tuesday sought a report from Station House Officer (SHO) Lorry Adda police station on a petition seeking directions for registration of a criminal case against Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai over his controversial statement at Pakistan Democratic Alliance (PDM) public meeting on Dec 13. Additional District and Sessions Judge Rizwan Aziz passed the orders on a petition, filed by Advocate Tanveer Arshad Chaudhry. The petitioner-counsel argued before the court that Achakzai alleged that the people of Lahore sided with British against Afghans in the past, during a PDM meeting in Lahore. He contended that Achakzai attempted to promote hate through his speech and it also hurt the feelings of people.