PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Thursday said that the arrest of Member of National Assembly from South Waziristan Mohammad Ali Wazir a day earlier was the act of a “fascist” government.
“It has been the modus operandi of the fascist governments to implicate the elected representatives in false cases to crush the public voice,†the PPP chairman was quoted as saying in a statement from the party.
Bilawal said that the arrest of the MNA in such a manner is “against the democratic traditionsâ€.
Wazir was taken into custody a day earlier in Peshawar, with Sindh Police facilitating the arrest. Central City Police Office Peshawar Ali Amin Gandapur said that a case has been registered against Wazir in Karachi over “hate speech”.
A case has been registered against Wazir, Manzoor Pashteen, and MNA Mohsin Dawar at Karachi’s Sohrab Goth police station on the government’s complaint.
The case was registered on December 7 after Wazir and others had addressed a public rally held at Karachi’s Sohrab Goth on December 6.
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Bilawal said that holding public meetings is “no crime†and did not warrant arresting an elected representative.
He said that cases registered against the elected representatives and political leaders are “baselessâ€, warning that if the regime “continues to muzzle freedom of expressionâ€, it will “not bring good resultsâ€.
“The selected government is trying to eliminate democratic voices by adopting fascist tools,†he added.
