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Multan police book Javed Hashmi for 'power theft'

One case each was filed against Hashmi and his sons-in-law Shahid Bahar, Zahid and Shahzeb


Our Correspondent July 20, 2026 Less than a minute read

MULTAN:

Multan. Police have booked veteran politician Javed Hashmi and his three sons-in-law in four cases registered over alleged electricity theft, it emerged on Saturday.

The four first information reports (FIRs) were lodged at Multan's Makhdoom Rasheed Police Station on July 17 under Section 462J (interference, improper use or tampering with electric meter by domestic consumer, etc) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).

One case each was filed against Hashmi and his sons-in-law Shahid Bahar, Zahid and Shahzeb, against whose names the electricity meters had been registered.

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