Model Town incident FIR lodged under sections demanded by Minhaj ul Quran:Spokesman

Lahore: The spokesman of Punjab government has said that under the orders of Lahore High Court, the FIR regarding the Model Town incident has been registered on the direction of Punjab government under those sections which were mentioned in the petition filed by Idara Minhaj ul Quran.

The spokesman said it is on record that in the application filed for the registration of the FIR about the Model Town incident no demand for applying sections pertaining to terrorism was made. Therefore, as per allegations leveled by the lawyer of Minhaj-ul-Quran in the application, an FIR has been registered under sections 302, 324, 109, 148, 149, 395, 506 and 427, he added.

It may be mentioned that according to media reports, the lawyer of Minhaj-ul-Quran Mansoor Afridi has also admitted that the case has been registered as per his request.