Farhan Saeed Butt —File Photo

LAHORE Singer Farhan Saeed Butt of pop band Jal was arrested at Lahore airport on Friday for carrying a pistol, police said.

Officials of the Airport Security Force held Farhan Butt at the Allama Iqbal International airport Lahore after her was found carrying a pen-pistol.

When ASF officials questioned Butt, he failed to provide a reason for carrying the pistol and was later handed over to the police for further investigation.

Butt was travelling to Karachi via the Pakistan International Airlines. —DawnNews

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