A sedition case has been filed against former federal minister Pir Noorul Haq Qadri in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for allegedly raising hate-inciting slogans against state institutions and the judiciary, it emerged on Saturday. The case was registered on June 22, 2023, against an FIR lodged by a resident of the Shakas area of Jamrud, Khyber District. According to the complainant, Qadri, the religious affairs minister under the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government, used “immoral speech” and incited citizens against the Pakistan Army and the judiciary and raised hateful slogans. Qadri is reportedly in Saudi Arabia for Hajj pilgrimage after his name was removed from the no-fly list earlier this week.
Qadri booked for ‘inciting hate’
