Controversial remarks: ST wants Junaid Jamshed booked

Member of Sunni Tehreek’s Rabita committee files application seeking action for his blasphemous remarks in video clip

KARACHI: A district and sessions court ordered the police on Tuesday to look into the alleged blasphemy matter against singer-turned-religious preacher Junaid Jamshed and book him if case be. Mubin Qadri, a member of Sunni Tehreek’s Rabita committee, filed an application under Section 22-A of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) to a South court, seeking action against Jamshed for what he called blasphemous remarks in a video clip. District and Sessions Judge Ahmed Saba ordered SHO Risala police station to record statement of the complainant under Section 154 of the CrPC and book Jamshed if the case falls under criminal procedure. Junaid Jamshed has already apologised for the remarks in a subsequent video clip.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 3^rd, 2014.