Pakistan court orders filing of FIR against PM Nawaz Sharif and 10 others

A Pakistan court has directed the Secretariat police to file a First Information Report (FIR) against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and 10 others in connection with the killing of three political activists last month. The order came following a petition filed by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) over the incidents of August 30 that led to the deaths of three people during the protests by PTI and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) in Islamabad.

The party had approached the Secretariat police station to register a First Information Report (FIR) on the matter against Nawaz Sharif, Shahbaz Sharif, Chaudhry Nisar, Khawaja Asif, Saad Rafique, IG Islamabad, Deputy Commissioner Islamabad, IG Railways.

A district and sessions court had earlier ordered the capital police to register a criminal case against the prime minister, some federal ministers and police officials over the alleged killing of PAT workers on August 30. The court had done so while disposing of a petition filed by the party and had directed the police to follow the law after which the police registered the case under Section 7 of the ATA and PPCs 302, 324, 148, 149, the report said.