Capt Safdar arrested by Punjab police
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LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz said on Monday that retired captain Mohammad Safdar, son-in-law of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, was arrested by Punjab police late on Monday night.
According to PML-N spokesman Marriyum Aurangzeb, Mohammad Safdar was arrested on a charge of “hate speech”.
He was arrested on the motorway while he was returning to Lahore from Bhera.
Police had registered a case against him on Oct 11 for speaking against state institutions.
Ms Aurangzeb, condemning the arrest, said the “fascist government” of Prime Minister Imran Khan had stooped too low to suppress the voice of the opposition. “First Imran Khan should be arrested for making a series of hate speeches,” the PML-N leader added.
She said the government was losing its nerves with the approach of “Azadi march”.'
Published in Dawn, October 22nd, 2019
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Oct 22, 2019 08:22am
Should be tried under Army Act! He cant be a ‘captain’ and mean-spirited,
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Oct 22, 2019 08:28am
good move;
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Oct 22, 2019 08:37am
Such actions are Signs that this government is on its last breaths ..
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Oct 22, 2019 08:43am
Very apt move.
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Oct 22, 2019 09:08am
What about IK’s hate speeches that he delivered from 2012 to 2018?
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Oct 22, 2019 09:10am
@AHMED 40, Have you ever listened to Safdar? If no, please take time and find out.
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Oct 22, 2019 09:14am
Will press publish what was speech all about?
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Oct 22, 2019 09:17am
This Government Will Last For Another 20 Years!!!’
Get used to it Haters!!!
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Oct 22, 2019 09:19am
The speeches of Marriam Aurangzab too falls under the ambit of Hate Speech and she is roaming freely. The government of IK is exhibiting discrimination that is why the people of Pakistan are declaring it a fascist.
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Oct 22, 2019 09:19am
@AHMED 40, and I am sure you are excited for the capable individusls inline to replace this government.
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Oct 22, 2019 09:26am
No one should be above the law. He has been involved in not one but several hate speeches. This step should send clear message to all those who ruled and plundered Pakistan on the basis of nepotism, injustice and corruption. An excellent step by the government.
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Oct 22, 2019 09:28am
This should also apply to Maulana Fazal ur Rehman
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Oct 22, 2019 09:28am
As you sow, so shall you reap
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Oct 22, 2019 09:31am
Just arresting everyone is not going to help. Either convict them, or release them. This is going to backfire Imran. When time come, if Imran is sent to Sibi, Mach, or Sakhar state guest house, he has no idea how these jails look like.
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Oct 22, 2019 09:37am
Super move by pmik
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Oct 22, 2019 09:42am
Law and order getting restored, slowly, but surely!
Pakistan Zindabad!
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Oct 22, 2019 09:44am
This applies to all opposition parties but not to imran khan and to those who burned 258 lives in baldia factory .
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Oct 22, 2019 09:53am
Keep this corrupt son in law of highly corrupt father in law in jail!
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Oct 22, 2019 09:54am
If IK had spines he will face the reality boldly
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Oct 22, 2019 09:54am
He was a disgrace to uniform once as ADC to sharif.
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Oct 22, 2019 09:56am
@AHMED 40, such actions means that this government is here to last longer than expected. All the corrupts should go behind bars without any mistakes now. They have looted Pakistan's wealth and misused the authority to put Pakistan on a back foot for decades. That was their mistake and they should be arrested for that. We could have landed on the moon and could have gone beyond the moon to achieve unthinkable with the talent we have in Pakistan. Because of these corrupt politician we could not reach where we suppose to reach.
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Oct 22, 2019 09:56am
Political victimization
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Oct 22, 2019 10:32am
Interesting situation. Seems Cold Start is at its full swing. Grounds are being softened.
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Oct 22, 2019 10:36am
This man had been spewing hateful venom against minority communities in Pakistan for years; it was only when he targeted the state that he was arrested. Too little, too late. What message does that send to our non-Muslims?
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Oct 22, 2019 10:36am
At least the government found something other than NAB.
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Oct 22, 2019 10:41am
According to the FIR, he was inciting people against government. If a speech against government (not state, mind you!) could be characterized as hate speech, then Imran Khan should be booked several times for exact same crime circa 2014.
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Oct 22, 2019 10:55am
Criticism or even condemnation of any government institutions should be part of right to free speech and any laws agains this fundamental tenet of human freedom is restrictive to democracy & furtherance of plurality of ideas.
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Oct 22, 2019 10:55am
he once spoke against a monority group in the parliament. No arrest was made for this hate speech
The British parliament than had quoted him saying these hate words
Than if one recall, when Maryam Nawaz and Capt S were departing for London, from the airport he returned with out boarding, and MN departed.
Has the British government barred him for that. Something to investigate
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Oct 22, 2019 10:55am
Put all PMLN leaders and their supporters behind bars. They are corrupt and not sincere to our country.
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Oct 22, 2019 11:02am
Why army is not taking disciplinary action against him ?
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Oct 22, 2019 11:03am
@Tamza, 100% right.
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Oct 22, 2019 11:13am
If Safdar was arrested for saying that Nawaz has been poisoned than he deserves it. Rumours such as this can lead to chaos in the country which Pakistan can ill afford.
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Oct 22, 2019 11:30am
This lady Aurangzeb is a limit!!!
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Oct 22, 2019 11:38am
Nobody should be allowed to incite people against army and state, such people are traitors and spreading hate. Take stingent actions against them and send them to jail and ket them rotten there!
(Note: I regularly advocate my impartial views against injustice, inequality, oppression and nepotism without supporting any of the political parties. For me my country comes first - be aware of such fake ID's and their silly posts!).
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Oct 22, 2019 11:50am
Nip the evil kingpins of corruption, nepotism, fraud, money-laundering, forgery, smuggling and cronyism in the bud no matter who they are, what they do and where do they stem from?
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Oct 22, 2019 11:54am
Keep him in an ordinary jail like a ordinary criminal. Stop giving special treatment to the looters and their aid. Thanks
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Oct 22, 2019 11:54am
@Guzni, sure ..a.sane person would for sure expect at least this...no one should be allowed to challenge the State Institutions...
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Oct 22, 2019 12:19pm
It completes the circle - father in law, wife , son in law , all in the family. put them in the same cell block.
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Oct 22, 2019 01:07pm
Excellent stuff. All these criminals should be behind bars as nobody is above law. This man in inciting religious feelings for political gains which should not be allowed under any circumstances
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Oct 22, 2019 01:24pm
@AHMED 40, such are signs that they are scrubbing the mess from last 30 years of Bhutto Nawaz
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Oct 22, 2019 01:53pm
@JM, I, fully agree with you.Also Ahson and Mairum be put behind bars
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Oct 22, 2019 02:26pm
Well done
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Oct 22, 2019 09:31pm
Use of State Power for Personal gains at the highest level, stop destroying the institutions and their credibility.
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Oct 22, 2019 11:33pm
Guess in Imran’s nays Pakistan, everybody and press has to say what he wants.
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Oct 23, 2019 06:03am
@Supporter- PTI, putting them behind bars is not working out IK shout do the reverse strategy and put the bars behind them history tells us very sure it will work
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