Pakistan

JUI-F senator granted bail in Marvi Sirmed case

Hafiz Hamdullah assaulted rights activist during TV show

News Desk June 16, 2016

JUI-F leader Hafiz Hamdullah outside district and sessions court in Islamabad on Thursday. PHOTO: WASEEM NAZIR/EXPRESS

A sessions court of Islamabad approved on Thursday interim bail for Hafiz Hamdullah, a day after police lodged an FIR against the JUI-F senator for assaulting Marvi Sirmed during a TV show.

Hamdullah, Marvi Sirmed as well as Barrister Masroor and PTI’s Fayyazul Hassan Chohan were guests on a TV show to discuss recent honour killing incidents when the incident took place.

JUI-F leader allegedly assaults woman rights activist on TV show

Allowing bail to Hamdullah, Additional Sessions judge Raja Asif told the senator to submit surety bonds of Rs30,000.

The judge also directed Kohsar police to produce the senator in the court along-with record of the case on June 23.

According to the senator's counsel Zaheerullah Jan, the case against Hamdullah was based on lies and that he was innocent.

Marvi Sirmed asks police to book JUI-F senator

On Wednesday, police booked the senator under sections 506 (criminal intimidation) and 354 (assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the Pakistan Penal Code.

Earlier on June 8, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif hurled unpleasant comments towards Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shireen Mazari during a National Assembly session.

COMMENTS (6)

Fahad Khan | 7 years ago | Reply In defence of Marvi Sirmid The verbal clash between rights activist Marvi Sirmid and JUI-F Senataor Hafiz Hamdullah in a news show has gone viral after which the female activist got overwhelming support from across the society. Reportedly, the Senator used abusive and filthy language against her and also tried to attack Marvi physically which was duly intercepted by PTI’s Faizul Hasan Chohan and was forced out by the security guards. This is not the first time that JUI-F lawmaker has made headlines due to his unruly behavior, he had been involved in similar incidents several times before. Amir Liaquat Hussain had reprimanded the Senator in a show for staring at Mehar Abbasi and Marvi Sirmid sometime ago. Despite Senator Hamdullah’s attitude, he has been a regular participant in talk shows and none has taken notice of this, neither Pemra. Women are a neglected and marginalized segment of our society, and needs support from such elements. Amir Liaquat invited Marvi in his Ramazan transmission to show that she is not alone and attempts by likes of Hamdullah to silence them shall not be allowed. There is a need to take this issue more strongly and aggressively by all of us.

Omer Ali | 7 years ago | Reply An example should be made out of him ! Who bailed him and why? 5 years prison atleast :)