Chichawatni man booked for ‘blasphemy’ over Facebook posts

SAHIWAL: Police have registered a case against a Chichawatni man on charge of blasphemy for his posts on Facebook.

The case was registered against the 25-year-old man on the complaint of Shamsul Hasan, an assistant sub-inspector of the Saddar Police Station, Chichawatni, on Saturday night. The man, a resident of Chak 107/12-L, was an employee of the Senate in Islamabad but was removed from the job recently.

According to the FIR registered under Section 295 (C) of the PPC and Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997...