HYDERABAD: A first information report (FIR) has been registered against journalist Arshad Sharif for making derogatory remarks against state institutions.
According to details, the case has been registered at a B-section police station in Hyderabad with police claiming that he was booked for speaking against the state institutions.
“His remarks during Matiullah Jan’s show come under section 505, 153, and 131 of the penal laws,” the police said adding that the case has been registered at the complaint of a man named Tayyab Hussain.
Earlier in April, anchorperson Moeed Pirzada had alleged that men in plainclothes, purportedly from the Federal Investigation Agency, had barged into Arshad Sharif’s house and harassed his family.
Later, Arshad Sharif filed a petition in Islamabad High Court (IHC), which barred FIA and capital police to stop harassing anchorperson and any other journalist.
The order said that according to Sharif’s counsel Faisal Chaudhry, he was instructed by the anchor last night to approach the court since “he was being harassed”.
“People went to Arshad Sharif’s house in civil uniform last night. I have not been in direct contact with Arshad Sharif since last night,” the lawyer said. He said that “illegal actions” were also being initiated against fellow ARY News anchor Sabir Shakir.
The lawyer further informed the court that he had been instructed by Sharif to file the petition. The court observed that the petitioner was suspicious of the FIA wanting to illegally detain Sharif.
