A court in Peshawar has sentenced a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) activist to 26 months in jail for criticising the army chief and Pakistan Army, burning the national flag, and making its video viral on social media.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on him.
The convict, who was residing in a Gulf country at the time, had recorded a video and uploaded it on social media wherein he was shown putting on fire Pakistan’s national flag and also uttering “derogatory remarks” against the Pakistan Army and the chief of army staff after the removal of former prime minister Imran Khan through a vote of no-confidence in April 2022.
The convict was arrested at the airport on his return in June 2022.
Earlier, a court in Faisalabad sentenced a social media activist, Sikander Zaman, to three-year imprisonment and imposed a heavy fine on him for criticising Pakistan Army.
The social media activist has 184 followers on Twitter and his handle is rife with posts related to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
