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FIA Sends Notice To Filmmaker Jami For Condemning Hate Speech During Ramzan Transmission

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The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has sent a notice to filmmaker Jamshed Mahmood Raza, popularly known as Jami, for condemning hate speech in a Ramzan transmission on BOL TV in which clerics were seen inciting violence against alleged ‘blasphemers’.

The FIA has directed the filmmaker to appear before the it to “record his version of defense”.

The notice also stated that “in case of non-appearance, it will be assumed that you have nothing to present or state in your defense”.


During the said Ramzan transmission, Faysal Qureishi had demanded action against people he thinks are blasphemers in front of several controversial clerics.

One of the regular guest speakers in the transmission is cleric Hanif Qureshi, who inspired Mumtaz Qadri to kill former Punjab governor Salman Taseer in 2011 for opposing Pakistan’s anti-blasphemy laws. Qadri had claimed after his arrest that he had been inspired to act by a 2010 sermon delivered by Mufti Qureshi in Rawalpindi, in which the cleric branded the likes of Taseer as liable to be killed under Islamic law.

His remarks received widespread condemnation with many social media users calling him out for hatemongering and tagging PEMRA on the clips. However, later religious group Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan also spearheaded a campaign supporting the actor and targeting social media users criticising him.

In Pakistan, even allegations of blasphemy can result in mob lynchings– in 2008, three Ahmadis were killed because of incitement to violence during a Geo tv Ramzan transmission hosted by Aamir Liaquat.

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The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has sent a notice to filmmaker Jamshed Mahmood Raza, popularly known as Jami, for condemning hate speech in a Ramzan transmission on BOL TV in which clerics were seen inciting violence against alleged ‘blasphemers’.

The FIA has directed the filmmaker to appear before the it to “record his version of defense”.

The notice also stated that “in case of non-appearance, it will be assumed that you have nothing to present or state in your defense”.


During the said Ramzan transmission, Faysal Qureishi had demanded action against people he thinks are blasphemers in front of several controversial clerics.

One of the regular guest speakers in the transmission is cleric Hanif Qureshi, who inspired Mumtaz Qadri to kill former Punjab governor Salman Taseer in 2011 for opposing Pakistan’s anti-blasphemy laws. Qadri had claimed after his arrest that he had been inspired to act by a 2010 sermon delivered by Mufti Qureshi in Rawalpindi, in which the cleric branded the likes of Taseer as liable to be killed under Islamic law.

His remarks received widespread condemnation with many social media users calling him out for hatemongering and tagging PEMRA on the clips. However, later religious group Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan also spearheaded a campaign supporting the actor and targeting social media users criticising him.

In Pakistan, even allegations of blasphemy can result in mob lynchings– in 2008, three Ahmadis were killed because of incitement to violence during a Geo tv Ramzan transmission hosted by Aamir Liaquat.

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