Police book JUI-F senator for assaulting Marvi Sirmed
Police bookthe senator under sections 506 (criminal intimidation) and 354 (assault or criminal force to a woman)
Rights campaigner Marvi Sirmed filed an application against Senator Hafiz Hamdullah hours after he allegedly threatened her and attempted to thrash her during a television show. Screengrab
ISLAMABAD:
Police booked on Tuesday JUI-F Senator Hafiz Hamdullah for threatening and trying to assault rights activist Marvi Sirmed in a TV talk show on June 10.
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.
Marvi Sirmed asks police to book JUI-F senator
On Tuesday, 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.
Inspector Iftikhar Chattha, investigation officer in the case, said the FIR had been lodged. Asked whether police would arrest the senator, Chattha said police could book a lawmaker, but needed permission of the National Assembly speaker or the Senate chairman, as the case maybe, to arrest one.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 15th, 2016.
Police booked on Tuesday JUI-F Senator Hafiz Hamdullah for threatening and trying to assault rights activist Marvi Sirmed in a TV talk show on June 10.
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.
Marvi Sirmed asks police to book JUI-F senator
On Tuesday, 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.
Inspector Iftikhar Chattha, investigation officer in the case, said the FIR had been lodged. Asked whether police would arrest the senator, Chattha said police could book a lawmaker, but needed permission of the National Assembly speaker or the Senate chairman, as the case maybe, to arrest one.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 15th, 2016.