*HYDERABAD: Police on Saturday registered an FIR against ARY NEWSanchorperson Arshad Sharif at a Hyderabad police station, blaming him forspeaking against state institutions. *
The case has been registered at a B-section police station in Hyderabadwith police claiming that he was booked for speaking against the stateinstitutions.
“His remarks during Matiullah Jan’s show come under section 505, 153, and131 of the penal laws,” they said adding that the case has been registeredat the complaint of a man named Tayyab Hussain.
This is not the first time that Arshad Sharif has been targeted forperforming his professional duties. In 2017link, senior officer of theIntelligence Bureau (IB) has threatened ARY News anchor Arshad Sharif inpresence of the Council of Complaints (CoC) of the Pakistan ElectronicMedia Regulatory Authority (Pemra) and lawyers.
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The ARY News anchor was summoned by the PEMRA over the letter he showed inhis program on September 25link and September 27link. The anchoralleged that former PM Nawaz Sharif had directed the IB on July 10 to keepwatch on the listed legislators, mostly belonging to the PML-N.The list issaid to contain the names of over 37 lawmakers suspected of having linkswith banned terrorist and sectarian outfits.
“The officer even tried to pressurize the CoC members, which he pointed outto PEMRA,” Arshad Sharif said.
