RAWALPINDI: Complaints have been lodged with the police against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif seeking the registration of a sedition case against him for comments he made about the Mumbai attacks in an interview.

Mohammad Ramzan, ameer Tehreek-i-Labaik Ya Rasool Allah and four other individuals lodged a complaint with the Gujar Khan police which says that the former prime minister’s comment, given to a newspaper, was an act of treason.

A resident Chak Baili Khan, Raja Zafar Iqbal filed a similar complaint with the Civil Lines police in which he said that the former premier’s statement has harmed Pakistan and has negatively impacted Pakistan’s war against terrorism and the sacrifices made by the army.

A senior police official said that the complaints have been sent to legal experts for opinion.

Published in Dawn, May 15th, 2018