Lieutenant General (retd) Amjad Shoaib was arrested on Monday following an Islamabad magistrate registering a case against him on charges of inciting the public against institutions and the government. According to police sources, Shoaib, a defence analyst, was arrested from his residence after a first information report (FIR) was filed at the Ramna police station by Magistrate Owais Khan. The complaint was lodged under sections 153A and 505 Pakistan Penal Code, which pertain to promoting enmity between various factions and statements inciting public mischief, respectively. The FIR maintained that in an interview with a private local news channel, Shoaib made comments that “incited government officials and opposition from performing their government and legal duties”. Read PTI’s Jail Bharo Tehreek loses steam The FIR furthered that the former general stated that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Jail Bharo movement could not produce the required outcome as only the common people were bearing pain and agony in it, whereas the “shameless rulers sitting at the top did not care about it”. Magistrate Khan claimed that Shoaib advised the PTI to “work out a strategy”, such as preventing people from entering government offices in the federal capital. The complaint added that the statement had “tried to create further enmity, anarchy and hatred between the incumbent government and the opposition”. It further said the comments were passed in accordance with a “well-thought conspiracy and planning to further weaken the country”. The FIR requested legal action against the retired general for his statement.
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