RAWALPINDI: The police have registered a case against journalist Waqar Satti on charges of attributing “disrespectful” statements “not based on facts” about Islam to PTI chairperson Imran Khan.
Reportedly, the RA Bazaar police registered the case on the complaint of a cable operator Chaudhry Nasir Qayyum, under Sections 295-A (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) and 500 (punishment for defamation) of the Pakistan Penal Code.
According to the FIR, the complainant told the police that while he was at his office on August 24, he came across a tweet in which a man, identified as Waqar Satti, explained why he “hates” Imran and reasons of him going against the former prime minister.
The complainant said the “statements showed disrespect” for Islam. He claimed that Satti attributed these statements to Imran, adding that he had never heard any Muslim making such remarks and “linking these words and remarks to former prime minister Imran Khan is not based on facts”.
“Imran Khan has not mentioned any such words in any of his speeches, which Waqar Satti’s mentioned in the,” the FIR quoted him as saying. He added that Satti’s actions had hurt his religious sentiments, “as well as that of thousands of other Muslims”.
The complainant alleged that Satti had done “great injustice” and sought legal action against him on the basis of these accusations.
As the news of Satti being booked was shared on social media, former minister and PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry reacted to a tweet and said that the case was about “using religion for outrage”.
“And this is what the gentleman did; shame on all supporters for using religion for political purposes,” he said.
