Case Update Status

No accuser was arrested.

Summary of Case

"The Islamabad police registered a case against four journalists and media professionals on June 13, 2023. Shaheen Sehbai, Wajahat Saeed Khan, Adil Raja, and Haider Mehdi was booked for the case of abetting mutiny. Fir was registered by the person Muhammad Aslam in police station Ramna, Islamabad, Pakistan. Journalists were booked under sections 120B, 121, 121A, 131, 21 ATA, 11 W ATA, and 4 ATA. According to Dawn, the FIR, registered at the Ramna police station, invoked sections 120B (punishment of criminal conspiracy), 121 (waging or attempting to wage war or abetting waging of war against Pakistan), 121A (conspiracy to commit offenses punishable by Section 121), and 131 (abetting mutiny or attempting to seduce a soldier, sailor or airman from his duty). It also included sections 7 (punishment for acts of terrorism) and 21A (cordons for Terrorist Investigation) of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997. According to the FIR complainant Muhammad Aslam said he was passing by the capital’s G-11 locality on May 9 when he saw 20-25 people sharing “screenshots of tweets and video messages” of Raja, Wajahat, Mehdi, and Sehbai. “They were inciting people to attack military installations, spread terrorism, and create chaos in the country,” he alleged. Speaking to PPF, Rana Azeem, General Secretary of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists said that the case registration on four journalists is not acceptable, Rana said how can someone register a case on the journalists who were not in the country on May 9, 2023. “Today we will have the meeting for this case and the union will look into the matter” Azeem added. In a tweet, Wajahat Saeed said Today, he came across news reports which indicate that several charges have been filed against him in Pakistan. He further said he doesn’t know the complainant Muhammad Aslam. "

Category of Incident

Case Register

ICCS Status

ICCS Divisions: 0202 -Acts against liberty

ICCS Group: 02022-Deprivation of liberty

ICCS Class: 020222-Illegal restraint

ICCS Crime: Acts against liberty

Reported By

Dawn

Date of incident

13

Month

June

Year

2023

Name of affected person

Adil Raja

Other affected persons

Haider Mehdi

Name of affected organization

Youtuber

Other affected organizations

Youtuber

Action by

By a local citizen of Islamabad, Muhammad Aslam.

City

Islamabad

Province

Capital Territory

Designation

Vlogger

Professional category

Journalist

Age of victim

44

Marital Status

Compensation Details

Amount of compensation announced by government: No compensation announced

Date of compensation announcement by government: No compensation announced

Date of compensation paid by government: No compensation announced

Amount of compensation announced by others: No compensation announced

Date of compensation announced by others: No compensation announced

Date compensation paid by others: No compensation announced

FIR Details

Was FIR registered ?: Yes

Date of FIR: 09/05/2023

FIR Details: FIR number: 406/23

Police station of FIR: Police station Ramna.

Name of complainant: Muhammad Aslam

Name of accused in FIR: Shaheen Sehbai, Wajahat Saeed, Adil Raja and Haider Mehdi.

Court Details

Was case investigated ?: No

Court where case was presented: Case is not in any court

Name of prosecuting lawyer: Case is not in any court

Date of first court hearing:

Date of last court hearing:

Status of court case: Case is not in any court

Journalist Union Status

PFUJ

N/A

APNS

N/A

CPNE

N/A

PBA

N/A

Media Source Status

Media reports:

Condemn Status

Colleague of victim

N/A

Employer organization

N/A

Press Club Status

Press club 1: National Press Club Islamabad Vice President Myra Azam told PPF that due to the serious allegations by citizens against the media professionals which are “unrealistic and baseless”, they would call a protest for the dismissal of the FIRs.

Press club 2: N/A

Press club 3: N/A