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ISLAMABAD: The Industrial Area Police have registered a case against the author of a blasphemous book, Professor Dr. Shaikh Iftikhar Ahmad, resident of I/8-4, and arrested him Sunday, a police spokesman said.
Dr. Shaikh Iftikhar Ahmad’s nephew, Shaikh Usman Rashid, son of Abdur Rashid, resident of Jamia Masjid Road, Rawalpindi, lodged a complaint against him for writing the blasphemous book. The police referred the complaint to the Legal Branch for legal opinion, but people belonging to a religious sect surrounded the Industrial Area Police Station and demanded an FIR against the accused under the blasphemy law. The protesters, on Sunday, blocked the IJ Principal Road to register their anger against the police. The police, finally, registered FIR (No. 466) under Section 295/C after receiving legal opinion from the Legal Branch and arrested the accused.
Police said that the accused, Professor Dr. Shaikh Iftikhar Ahmad, completed his PhD from the United States and opted the profession of teaching and worked at different universities in the US. He later became president of American Research Association. He returned back to Pakistan five years ago, but couldn’t go back to America due to serious illness.
The police have shifted Professor Dr. Iftikhar to unknown place for investigation and appointed SP (Industrial Area Zone) as the inquiry officer, adding that the accused would be produced before the court of law today.
Dr. Shaikh Iftikhar Ahmad’s nephew, Shaikh Usman Rashid, son of Abdur Rashid, resident of Jamia Masjid Road, Rawalpindi, lodged a complaint against him for writing the blasphemous book. The police referred the complaint to the Legal Branch for legal opinion, but people belonging to a religious sect surrounded the Industrial Area Police Station and demanded an FIR against the accused under the blasphemy law. The protesters, on Sunday, blocked the IJ Principal Road to register their anger against the police. The police, finally, registered FIR (No. 466) under Section 295/C after receiving legal opinion from the Legal Branch and arrested the accused.
Police said that the accused, Professor Dr. Shaikh Iftikhar Ahmad, completed his PhD from the United States and opted the profession of teaching and worked at different universities in the US. He later became president of American Research Association. He returned back to Pakistan five years ago, but couldn’t go back to America due to serious illness.
The police have shifted Professor Dr. Iftikhar to unknown place for investigation and appointed SP (Industrial Area Zone) as the inquiry officer, adding that the accused would be produced before the court of law today.
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