Newspaper editor, owner booked for publishing Altaf’s statement
KARACHI: Police registered a case on Friday against the editor and the owner of daily Amn over charges of publishing a statement and a picture of Altaf Hussain, the head of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London.
Police registered the FIR on a complaint filed by Nisar Ali Khan under section 123-A of the Pakistan Penal Code (condemnation of creation of the state and advocacy of the end to its sovereignty) and section 34 (common intention).
Police also cited the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997 (section 11-W relating to printing, publishing, or disseminating any material that incites hatred) in the FIR.
According to the FIR, complainant Nisar Ali Khan said that daily Amn, Karachi, published a statement and a picture of Altaf Hussain in its issue of April 3 in which he called for “a separate province for Muhajirs”.
The complainant recalled that the Lahore High Court had imposed a ban on publishing or telecasting “anti-state statements” of Altaf Hussain.
Through such statements, he observed, “hatred is being sown among different communities”.
Published in Dawn, April 7th, 2018