The government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has decided to file seditioncases against the leadership of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM)including Nawaz Sharif, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Asif Zardari, and RanaSanaullah to counter the sedition case against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf(PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and Shahbaz Gill.
According to sources, cases will be registered in the Dera Ismail Khandistrict while PTI leader Ali Amin Gandapur has filed a written applicationto Additional Assistant Commissioner Munir Ahmed for registering casesagainst them. Sedition cases will be registered under Section 108A, 353A,and 505 CrPC.
According to sources, on August 18, the provincial cabinet, using itspowers under Section 196 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act 5 of 1898decided to arrest former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, former president AsifAli Zardari, Maulana Fazal for making speeches against the army on variousoccasions in the past.
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It has been decided to register sedition cases under Section 108A, 353A,and 505 of CrPC against Rehman Khawaja Asif and Captain Safdar too.Additional Assistant Commissioner Munir Ahmed has been directed to registercases through the police in Dera Ismail Khan against the accused named inthe application of Ali Amin Gandapur.
