TOBA TEK SINGH: Kabirwala Saddar police have arrested 17 people for illegally holding a birthday function at a government school and booked a social media activist for forcibly recording the interview of two of the arrested dancers under the Peca Act.

The police made the arrests during a birthday event late on Saturday night in the building of Government High School Panj-Kassi. Complainant ASI Nawaz Ali in the FIR against 17 arrested and seven others who fled during the raid, said that school chowkidar Javed Zafar allowed Suhail Mustafa Bhatti to celebrate his birthday event in the school.

The FIR said that a proclaimed offender (PO) in robbery cases Muhammad Hayat Pappu, two dozen accused and two dancers identified as Roohi Shah of Multan and Ainee Khan of Gujranwala were present at the event. It said that loudspeakers were being used and participants also resorted to aerial firing.

Khanewal District Education Authority CEO Fayyaz Sindhu also suspended the school chowkidar Javed Zafar for illegally allowing a private function in the school and issued a show-cause notice to the school headmaster.

Meanwhile, police also booked social media activist Shahid Ali Awan on Sunday under Peca Act for forcibly recording the video of both women against their will.

Published in Dawn, May 19th, 2025