A case has been filed in Gomal University Police Station, Dera Ismail Khan, against a student of the university on sedition charges for criticising Pakistan Army on social media.
According to an initial police report, Asif, who is enrolled in the English Department of the university, runs a social media page “Asif Rebellion” wherein he criticises Pakistan Army.
The report, which is doing the rounds on social media, added that he runs “propaganda posts” on social media against state institutions and security agencies.
Gomal University student, Asif Rebellion,faces sedition charges for alleged hate posts against the army on Facebook.Police conducting raids in university to apprehend him.
Criticism & opinion z the basic right of every individual.
#AsifRebellion #GomalUniversity #SeditionCharges pic.twitter.com/7tR3y6TLBy— Adnan Bitani (@AdnanBitani) March 29, 2023
The police are yet to apprehend the student.
Earlier, a court in Peshawar 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.
