Pakistan journalist booked for linking 'disrespectful' statements about Islam to ex-PM Imran Khan

Islamabad: Pakistan police have registered a case against a journalist on allegations of attributing disrespectful statements not based on facts about Islam to former prime minister Imran Khan. The case was registered at RA Bazar police station in Rawalpindi on Saturday against Waqar Satti on the complaint of a cable operator named Chaudhry Nasir Qayyum, the Dawn newspaper reported. According to the first information report (FIR), the complainant alleged that Satti in a tweet against the former prime minister disrespected Islam. Qayyum said Satti attributed some statements to Imran which were “not based on facts”. Imran Khan has not mentioned any such words [] mentioned in Waqar Satti’s tweet in any of his speeches, 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 case against Satti was registered 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. As the news of Satti being booked was shared on social media, former minister and PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry said the case was about “using religion for outrage”. Satti works for Geo News television. Read all the Latest News , Trending News , Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.