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Lahore session court orders registration of FIR (first information report) against Babar Azam in harassment case

LSC orders registration of FIR against Babar Azam in harassment case

A session court in Lahore has ordered the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)'s Cyber Crime Circle to register a first information report (FIR) against Pakistan cricket skipper Babar Azam and others in a harassment case, an inquiry has started into the matter

Hamiza Mukhtar is a woman who is being harassed by unknown people. She had filed a petition against unknown people who had been harassing her for weeks. Judge Hamid Hussain passed the order on the petition of a woman on Wednesday.

The petitioner alleged that she was constantly receiving "threatening messages" from different mobile numbers on WhatsApp. The unknown persons also used to "threaten and blackmail her that they have her objectionable pictures and videos and will upload [them] on social media in order to harm her repute in society and ruin her life".

Reason behind Lodging FIR:

Mukhtar turned to the FIA (federal investigation agency) to trace the unknown numbers through which she was receiving threats calls. In the process it was unveiled that one of the numbers was registered on the name of Muhammad Babar Azam, according to a report submitted to the court by the FIA.

The owners of the mobile numbers — Maryam Ahmed, Muhammad Babar and Salma BB — were summoned to join the FIA's inquiry proceedings to record their statement, the report added. Of the three, only Ahmed appeared in front of the agency and denied that she knew the petitioner and had sent her abusive messages.

Faisal Azam (Babar’s brother) appeared on behalf of the cricketer and requested FIA to "wait for some time" to record Babar's statement. However, Babar has not yet appeared for the inquiry, the report added.

The judge wrote in his orders that since a regular inquiry had already commenced on the petitioner's complaint, the "respondent is ordered to proceed further with respect to registration of FIR against the culprits within the stipulated time after [completion] of legal formalities".

Earlier this year, the Lahore High Court (LHC) had suspended the operation of an order passed by a session court to the Naseerabad police to register a case against Babar Azam on Mukhtar's complaint.

Babar's counsel, Barrister Haris Azmat recorded his statement that he would also challenge the latest order in the LHC.

This article is written by Zohaib Safdar

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