Jal singer Farhan Butt held at Lahore airport

Farhan Saeed Butt —File Photo

LAHORE Singer Farhan Saeed Butt of pop band Jal was arrested at Lahore airport on Friday for carrying a pistol, police said.

Officials of the Airport Security Force held Farhan Butt at the Allama Iqbal International airport Lahore after her was found carrying a pen-pistol.

When ASF officials questioned Butt, he failed to provide a reason for carrying the pistol and was later handed over to the police for further investigation.

Butt was travelling to Karachi via the Pakistan International Airlines. —DawnNews

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