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| Case filed against Nihal Hashmi over inciting remarks about civil servants |
| 2017-06-05 |
| [DAWN] Paperwork was started but nothing else was done on Sunday against PML-N leader Nihal Hashmi over his recent inciting remarks about civil servants. According to the first information report, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, the case was filed in Bahadurabad cop shoppe under Sections 189 (Threat of injury to public servant), 228 (Intentional insult or interruption to public servant sitting in judicial proceeding) and 505 (Statements conducing to public mischief) of the Pakistain Penal Code. It is pertinent to mention that the Attorney General of Pakistain (AGP) had asked the Sindh prosecutor general on Saturday to initiate proceedings against Hashmi. The AGP wrote a letter to the prosecutor general stating that since the speech was made by Hashmi in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... , proceeding against him be initiated there. Hashmi had resigned from Senate hours after a video surfaced last week, showing him lashing out at "those investigating" Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... 's family. In the video, the senator had warned that those conducting the investigation will be "taken to task" for grilling the premier's family. His remarks were apparently made in reference to a Supreme Court-sanctioned investigation into the Sharif family's business dealings abroad. Hours after the senator's incendiary remarks made national headlines, DawnNews reported that Hashmi's membership of the PML-N had been suspended and a show-cause notice issued to him. |
| Posted by:Fred |