ISLAMABAD, Pakistan:On Sunday,a man accused his uncle of blasphemy. The police registered a case under section 295 C PPC after establishing the legal opinion by experts at police satation I-9 FIR No.466/12.

Mr.Shaikh Irfan Arshad gave a complaint application in I-9
Police Satation against his real uncle Dr. Aftkhar Ahmad that he had wrote in some of his books commnents which could be interpreted as blasphemous about Muhammad". Mr.Irfan demanded to be registered FIR under section 295 C PPC against Dr.Aftkhar Ahmad PhD who has authored several books on various topics.

At first Usman, accompanied by local residents and clerics, surrounded I-9 police station asking the police to lodge an FIR against Dr Iftikhar,but the police said they would not register a case without
investigating it. “We have recorded the complaint and have sent it
along with photocopies of the written material to our legal branch for
their opinion,” said a senior police officer.c

More than hundred local residents and seminary students blocked 9th Avenue Double Road Signal, suspending traffic for some time. They shouted slogans against Dr. Iftikhar and demanded the police book him for blasphemy.

On Sunday at 4 PM the protestors were told by Police officials that the FIR had been lodged against Dr.Iftkhar and he had been
arrested, they were also told that some accusers must come to recognize the accused and to take one copy of FIR. Mufti Awaise with four other persons came to police Office and after recognizing the accused took the copy of FIR and ended the protest and opened the road for trafic.

Regards,

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