ISLAMABAD: A case has been registered against PTI MPA Nazir Chauhan, who is part of the party’s estranged Jahangir Khan Tareen group, on the complaint of Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior and Accountability Mirza Shahzad Akbar on Saturday.
According to details, the first information report (FIR) was registered at Race Course Police Station in Rawalpindi. Akbar accused Chauhan of making ‘baseless’ allegations concerning the former’s religious beliefs during an appearance on a television channel, adding that these statements had put his life at risk.
The FIR states, “The offence has been committed to cause injury to the reputation, body, property and mind of the applicant. Chauhan committed the offence with the nefarious design to wound the religious feelings of the applicant”.
The PM’s advisor said that Chauhan’s motive was to discourage him from playing a proactive role in curbing corruption and ensuring accountability in Pakistan. “The applicant has been subjected to similar allegations in the past because he is performing his duties in a vigilant and responsible manner,” the FIR added.
The FIR has been registered under sections 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation), 189 (threat of injury to public servant), 298 (making statements with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings) and 153 (provoking to cause riot) of the Pakistan Penal Code.
Meanwhile, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry showed support for Akbar, saying, “Using religion card for personal vendetta is despicable [and] Lahore Police must take strict action against Nazeer Chohan MPA for using third rated tactics.”
????@fawadchaudhry for your support, the hypocrisy and religious bigotry esp of corrupt should have no space in public. Thanks to public support FIR has been registered https://t.co/vUSdt7PAU1
— Mirza Shahzad Akbar (@ShazadAkbar) May 29, 2021
In turn, Akbar thanked Chaudhry, saying that “hypocrisy and religious bigotry esp of [the] corrupt should have no space in public”.
PTI’s Jahangir Khan Tareen group, of which Chauhan is a part, has named Akbar behind the victimisation of Tareen in a sugar scam case.
