Punjab

FIR registered against Move On Pakistan head

It is the duty of every citizen to take a stand against unconstitutional actions, complainant says

Shamsul Islam July 19, 2016

Shahzad said he had filed the complaint as a citizen of Pakistan. “I am not affiliated with any political party.” PHOTO: EXPRESS

FAISALABAD: Kotwali police registered a case on Tuesday against the chairperson of Move On Pakistan, an organisation which had put up banners in 13 cities last week requesting the chief of army staff to impose martial law in the country.

The case has been registered under Section 124-A, Section 120-B and Section 34 of the Pakistan Penal Code (sedition, criminal conspiracy, criminal act committed by several people).

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The complainant, Amir Shahzad, a resident of Chiniot Bazaar, said in his complaint that Mian Muhammad Kamran, chairperson of Move On Pakistan, had committed a serious crime by asking the army chief not to retire and to overthrow the government.

Shahzad said: “this is tantamount to destabilising the government, disowning the constitutional framework and hatching a conspiracy to impose martial law in the country”.

He said the chairperson’s actions amounted to high treason under Article 6 of the Constitution.

The Kotwali SHO said they had received the complainant’s application on Thursday. It had been assigned to Sub Inspector Abdul Majeed of the Investigations Wing for appropriate action, he said.

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SI Abdul Majeed said they had recorded the complainant’s statement under Section 161 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (examination of witnesses) and sought legal opinion from the city police’s law branch. He said the case was registered on the basis of the opinion of the law branch. The sub-inspector said they had conducted raids to arrest Mian Imran at his Faisalabad office and at his residence but he was not available. He said that Imran might have gone into hiding. “But we will arrest him soon.”

Shahzad said he had filed the complaint as a citizen of Pakistan. “I am not affiliated with any political party.”

He said it was the duty of every citizen to stand up against demands for imposition of martial law.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 20^th, 2016.