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Pakistan: Activist against ‘enforced disappearances’ arrested on terror charges in Karachi
Karachi: An activist, who had been holding a sit-in outside the Karachi Press Club against enforced disappearances in recent days, has been arrested on terrorism charges, media reports said on Sunday.
A police spokesperson said in a statement on Friday that Inam Abbasi had been arrested under sections 131 (abetting mutiny, or attempting to seduce a soldier, sailor or airman from his duty) and 153 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot) of the Pakistan Penal Code, and Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 1997, reports Dawn News.
According to the FIR (54/2022) registered on the complaint of sub-inspector Nayyar Dean of the Artillery Maidan police station, Abbasi, a leader of Sindh Sabha, held a protest outside the Karachi Press Club on June 22 along with six to seven other people, the newspaper reported.
During their speeches, they used “derogatory language against the country’s institutions and forces, instigated the citizens against law enforcers and tried to create fear and chaos”, the FIR said.
It was even alleged that Abbasi and others also provided financial assistance to terror suspects in Sindh.
The police statement said Abbasi was an absconder in the said case.
Meanwhile, Abbasi’s family and activists told Dawn News he and others held a demonstration outside the KPC three days ago against enforced disappearances.
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