SHO’s reply sought over mosque video

LAHORE:

An additional district and sessions judge has sought reply from the SHO of Akbari Gate police station by Wednesday on a petition seeking registration of a case against singer Bilal Saeed, actor Saba Qamar and officials of Auqaf Department over shooting of a song in Wazir Khan Mosque. Petitioner Sardar Farhat Manzoor Khan contended that the act of recording a song in a mosque was tantamount to disrespecting it, which could not be tolerated. He contended that dancing or shooting the video of a song in a mosque could not be allowed in Muslim countries. He said officials of the Auqaf Department who had allowed the act should also be brought to the book.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 11^th, 2020.