Case registered in opposition to lawyer for making ‘abusive and derogatory remarks’ in opposition to Pak Army chief

Pakistan police on Friday registered a case in opposition to lawyer Imaan Haazir-Mazari and the daughter of former human rights minister Shireen Mazari for making “abusive and derogatory remarks” in opposition to the Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa.

A First Information Report (FIR) was registered in opposition to her at Islamabad’s Ramna police station beneath Section 505 (hate speech) and Section 138 of the Pakistan Penal Code on the applying of Syed Humayun Iftikhar, Lt Colonel for Judge Advocate General, GHQ.

According to the applying in search of the registration of the FIR, Mazari made a “derogatory and hatred [sic] statement on May 21” in opposition to Pakistan Army and its chief Gen. Bajwa.

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“Her derogatory statements are highly disparaging aimed to cause and incite mutiny/intimidation amongst ranks and file of [the] Pakistan Army,” it said, including, “It also leads to ridicule and create hatred within the Pakistan Army which made out [sic] a serious offence,” the applying mentioned.

It alleged that Mazari additionally defamed the senior navy management as these “statements, made with the intent to cause and create unrest and chaos in the Pakistan Army” which is a “punishable offence”.

Imaan made these remarks on May 21 after her mom was arrested by officers of the anti-corruption division of the Punjab province, however was launched on the identical day after the Islamabad High Court’s intervention.

Meanwhile, a Pakistani excessive courtroom on Friday granted pre-arrest bail to Mazari hours after a case was registered in opposition to her for abusive feedback in opposition to the military chief

Shireen, 59, a former cabinet colleague of Imran Khan, has been important of the Army after the previous premier was faraway from workplace via a no-confidence movement final month.

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When requested concerning the arrest by the media, her daughter accused Gen. Bajwa and the military of being instrumental in her mom’s detention.

The former minister had claimed earlier this week that she was requested to go to the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) headquarters after her ministry of human rights pursued a invoice about enforced disappearances within the nation.

Narrating the incident, she mentioned that the day the human rights ministry was planning to desk a invoice about enforced disappearances within the National Assembly; she needed to go to the ISI fundamental workplace within the capital.

“That evening I got a phone call asking me to appear at the ISI headquarters. I went and I said that we had signed international conventions,” she mentioned, with out giving extra particulars concerning the go to.

She mentioned that after the invoice was tabled within the National Assembly, it was referred to the inside committee the place “invisible shadows” tried to vary among the clauses.

“The bill was passed with the amendments but then it ‘disappeared’ on the way after it was sent to the Senate – the upper house,” she claimed.